Is Dominica a boy or girl name?

Dominica was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,332 US babies named Dominica were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.

Boy rank, 2024: Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024: #10,465
Babies named Dominica since 1909: 2,332
Most popular year: 1979; 56 babies

Babies named Dominica each year in the US

Boys and girls named Dominica, by decade

Decade	Girls	Share girls
1900s	5	100%
1910s	167	100%
1920s	194	100%
1930s	113	100%
1940s	52	100%
1950s	42	100%
1960s	188	100%
1970s	292	100%
1980s	451	100%
1990s	392	100%
2000s	230	100%
2010s	153	100%
2020s	53	100%

Every year

Year	Boy rank	Girls	Girl rank
2024	–	9	#10,465
2023	–	9	#10,512
2022	–	10	#9,871
2021	–	12	#8,606
2020	–	13	#8,087
2019	–	18	#6,491
2018	–	15	#7,488
2017	–	15	#7,555
2016	–	9	#11,109
2015	–	14	#8,123
2014	–	16	#7,410
2013	–	20	#6,310
2012	–	11	#9,904
2011	–	13	#8,766
2010	–	22	#6,027
2009	–	21	#6,376
2008	–	24	#5,814
2007	–	18	#7,165
2006	–	19	#6,661
2005	–	18	#6,617
2004	–	23	#5,420
2003	–	28	#4,578
2002	–	25	#4,802
2001	–	30	#4,128
2000	–	24	#4,833
1999	–	32	#3,738
1998	–	36	#3,368
1997	–	39	#3,052
1996	–	29	#3,751
1995	–	37	#3,109
1994	–	43	#2,807
1993	–	41	#2,896
1992	–	43	#2,790
1991	–	45	#2,672
1990	–	47	#2,534
1989	–	55	#2,202
1988	–	38	#2,754
1987	–	48	#2,243
1986	–	49	#2,153
1985	–	50	#2,113
1984	–	39	#2,436
1983	–	40	#2,364
1982	–	37	#2,545
1981	–	39	#2,455
1980	–	56	#1,916
1979	–	56	#1,881
1978	–	27	#2,954
1977	–	26	#3,016
1976	–	33	#2,448
1975	–	32	#2,468
1974	–	27	#2,696
1973	–	24	#2,850
1972	–	15	#3,941
1971	–	21	#3,193
1970	–	31	#2,410
1969	–	23	#2,782
1968	–	28	#2,318
1967	–	31	#2,132
1966	–	17	#3,074
1965	–	24	#2,487
1964	–	14	#3,561
1963	–	20	#2,803
1962	–	17	#3,063
1961	–	6	#6,011
1960	–	8	#4,866
1959	–	8	#4,730
1958	–	7	#5,026
1957	–	10	#3,998
1956	–	6	#5,455
1955	–	0	–
1954	–	5	#5,953
1953	–	0	–
1952	–	0	–
1951	–	0	–
1950	–	6	#4,874
1949	–	7	#4,338
1948	–	0	–
1947	–	8	#4,080
1946	–	0	–
1945	–	6	#4,152
1944	–	0	–
1943	–	8	#3,578
1942	–	9	#3,239
1941	–	5	#4,573
1940	–	9	#3,021
1939	–	5	#4,406
1938	–	9	#2,985
1937	–	9	#2,995
1936	–	11	#2,560
1935	–	13	#2,334
1934	–	12	#2,455
1933	–	12	#2,436
1932	–	16	#2,055
1931	–	12	#2,458
1930	–	14	#2,338
1929	–	14	#2,340
1928	–	19	#1,973
1927	–	21	#1,901
1926	–	20	#1,946
1925	–	17	#2,213
1924	–	18	#2,162
1923	–	24	#1,744
1922	–	25	#1,695
1921	–	16	#2,312
1920	–	20	#1,965
1919	–	24	#1,661
1918	–	25	#1,610
1917	–	16	#2,129
1916	–	33	#1,252
1915	–	20	#1,694
1914	–	11	#2,155
1913	–	10	#2,063
1912	–	9	#2,015
1911	–	13	#1,325
1910	–	6	#2,209
1909	–	5	#2,289

Highest rank

Dominica has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,252 in 1916. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Girls

Boys

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.