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Dominique

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68% girls / 32% boys

Origin of the name

Dominique is the French form of Dominic, from the Latin dominicus, “of the Lord,” from dominus, “master, lord.” The word also meant Sunday, “the Lord's day.”

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Short-lived name

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Dominique peaked in 1985, when 1 baby in 1,082 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 98% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 3130. 47% of all babies named Dominique since 1880 were born in the 1990s.
50,786births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 83rank at its peak, in 1985

Where babies named Dominique are born

1985

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The darker the blue, the more common Dominique is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dominique is most common in District of Columbia (3.1 times), New Mexico (2) and Louisiana (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1910s0%100%
1920s0%100%
1940s100%0%
1950s83%17%
1960s83%17%
1970s73%27%
1980s75%25%
1990s68%32%
2000s66%34%
2010s43%57%
2020s34%66%