Dominica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-MIN-ih-kuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Dominica is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Dominica mean?
Latin: feminine of Dominic, from Latin dominicus
“of the Lord”
Also a Caribbean island, named by Columbus because he sighted it on a Sunday in 1493.
Is Dominica a girl's or a boy's name?
Dominica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dominica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dominica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Dominica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Dominica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Dominica, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had fewer girls named Dominica than any year since 1961.
Half of all the girls named Dominica in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dominica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,147 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,931 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Dominica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Emily, Jessica, Francesca, Alexandra, Alba, Sara, Isabella, Emilia, Gabriella, Aurora, Valentina
Names related to Dominica
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dominica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dominica, updated 20 October 2026.