Is Dulce a boy or girl name?
Dulce is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 438 girls and 0 boys were named Dulce, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 20,002 US babies named Dulce were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #664
- Babies named Dulce since 1914
- 20,002
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 1,285 babies
Boys and girls named Dulce, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 29 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 10 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 16 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 23 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 97 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 155 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 351 | 100% |
| 1980s | 6 | 1,149 | 99.5% |
| 1990s | 26 | 3,254 | 99.2% |
| 2000s | 17 | 8,246 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,759 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,864 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 438 | #664 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 364 | #773 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 362 | #783 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 329 | #837 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 371 | #736 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 306 | #879 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 293 | #917 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 360 | #769 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 379 | #752 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 430 | #663 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 431 | #664 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 521 | #561 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 509 | #575 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 762 | #416 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 768 | #410 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 943 | #346 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 1,095 | #305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 1,285 | #264 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 1,221 | #269 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 815 | #384 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,855 | 650 | #460 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,931 | 593 | #490 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,718 | 564 | #493 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 659 | #426 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 421 | #601 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 316 | #718 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 327 | #693 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 326 | #668 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 322 | #679 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 301 | #701 |
| 1994 | 7 | #7,190 | 384 | #589 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,917 | 369 | #618 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,810 | 345 | #649 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,112 | 354 | #633 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 210 | #912 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,245 | 145 | #1,141 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,260 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 126 | #1,164 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 115 | #1,211 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,097 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 117 | #1,160 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 121 | #1,116 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,295 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 93 | #1,354 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 46 | #2,062 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 35 | #2,470 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,071 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,829 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,309 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 15 | #4,033 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,325 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,820 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 12 | #4,570 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 19 | #3,123 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,498 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,898 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,441 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,601 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,935 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,085 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 12 | #3,849 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,496 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 9 | #4,540 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,100 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 8 | #4,621 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,037 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,388 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 8 | #4,483 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,201 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 13 | #3,157 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,422 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,631 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 9 | #3,752 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 10 | #3,448 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,967 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,530 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,498 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,500 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,169 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,040 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,170 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,003 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,982 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,054 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 6 | #3,907 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 5 | #3,770 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Dulce reached #6,112 in 1991. As a girl name, it reached #264 in 2007. 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 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
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.