Domino
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAH-mih-noh
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Domino is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “game piece; masquerade cloak”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Domino mean?
English: English word from French domino, probably from Latin dominus 'lord'
“game piece; masquerade cloak”
The word was first a hooded cloak and later a game tile; it probably comes from Latin dominus, 'lord'.
Is Domino a girl's or a boy's name?
Domino is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Domino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Domino, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Domino in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Domino in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Domino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Halo, Everly, Kyomi, Indigo, Emerson, Harlow, Dream, Juniper, Harper, Madisson, Oakley, Miller
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from 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, “Domino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/domino, updated 20 October 2026.