Dominion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- do-MIN-yun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Dominion is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rule, sovereignty”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Dominion mean?
English: English word, from Latin dominium
“rule, sovereignty”
English word for sovereign authority, often used in a religious sense for the rule of God.
Is Dominion a girl's or a boy's name?
Dominion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 11 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Dominion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 158% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Dominion, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys. 4 girls were also named Dominion in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Dominion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27% of the babies named Dominion in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Dominion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Dominion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Dominion, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had more boys named Dominion than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dominion in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dominion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Dominion
- Dom 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dominion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Dominion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dominion, updated 20 October 2026.