Dolce
Girl · DOL-chay · Italian
Dolce is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “sweet”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Dolce mean?
Italian
“sweet”
Italian word for sweet, also used in music to mean 'play sweetly'.
- Say it
- DOL-chay
Is Dolce a girl's or a boy's name?
Dolce is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dolce in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Dolce, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dolce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Dolce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Dolce in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Dolce in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dolce in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Dolce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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