Dulce

What Dulce means

Spanish, meaning “sweet”

From dulce (“sweet”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Dulce” (revision 93487115), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Dulce?

US: Falling: down from #663 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 1,285 girls got the name (#264 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 4,566 baby girls in the US 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 MD (0.55 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.51 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.4 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Dulce is #770 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Dulce were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dolce0 US · 9 E&W

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 Dulce

Girls

• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Anahi#482Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”^*
• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Esmeralda#373“emerald”^*

For a brother

• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Aldo#960Italian form of Aldous, meaning “old”^*
• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Pablo#429Same root as Paul, meaning “small”^*

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