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Dom is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).

What does Dom mean?

Latin: short form of Dominic

“of the Lord”

Short for Dominic, from Latin dominicus, 'belonging to the Lord'.

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Is Dom a girl's or a boy's name?

Dom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dom in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,021among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 467% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Dom, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Dom of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

2019Busiest: 7 in 20252025
Dom in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20244#4,346
20234#4,335
20220–
20214#4,188
20200–
20191#6,258

How popular is Dom in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,512among boys
Babies in 2025
32about 1 in 53,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 74% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Dom, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. It first appears in the records in 1928.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Dom of any year since it first appeared, in 1928.

Half of all the boys named Dom in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1928Busiest: 32 in 20252025
Dom in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202532#3,512
202429#3,791
202321#4,738
202217#5,441
202112#6,693
202021#4,536
201916#5,551
201810#7,613
201712#6,681
20169#8,141
20155#12,080
20149#8,124
20136#10,722
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19726#4,438
19710–
197010#3,069
19697#3,594
196810#2,734
196712#2,351
196611#2,464
19656#3,535
196413#2,309
196311#2,538
19627#3,303
19619#2,898
19605#4,036
195917#1,973
195811#2,504
195711#2,492
19569#2,796
19550–
19546#3,450
19530–
19520–
19516#3,362
19500–
19495#3,688
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19435#3,536
19425#3,559
19410–
19400–
19396#3,112
19380–
19378#2,680
19360–
19350–
19340–
19335#3,640
19326#3,360
19316#3,389
19307#3,287
19290–
19285#4,149

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