Dominic

What Dominic means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dominic yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #68 in 2015 to #106 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dominic?

US: Falling: down from #68 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #103 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 6,336 boys got the name (#68 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 521 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,105 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,155 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (3.92 per 1,000 boys), CT (3.63 per 1,000 boys), DC (3.56 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dominic is #106 in the US and #205 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Dominic were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dominick448 US · 3 E&W
• Dominik232 US · 79 E&W
• Domingo74 US
• Domenic60 US
• Domonic18 US
• Domenick18 US
• Dominiq6 US
• Domonick5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dominic

Boys

• Adrian#74“from the Roman harbor Hadria”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Maximilian#590German, meaning “the greatest”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Max#180Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #48 vs #180 in 2025
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*

For a sister

• Annabelle#343Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #92 in 2015, #343 in 2025
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Juliana#256Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #256 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Lilianna#890Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1980, with 6 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dominic’s. Rank is US 2025.