Dulce
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #770 for girls
Dulce is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 770th for girls in the US (352 babies).
What does Dulce mean?
Spanish
A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dulcie.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dulce a girl's or a boy's name?
Dulce is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 352 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dulce in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Dulce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Dulce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #770among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 352about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 352 girls in the US were named Dulce, making it the 770th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 737th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,285 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Dulce in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dulce in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 352 | #770 |
| 2024 | 438 | #664 |
| 2023 | 364 | #773 |
| 2022 | 363 | #783 |
| 2021 | 329 | #837 |
| 2020 | 371 | #737 |
| 2019 | 306 | #878 |
| 2018 | 293 | #915 |
| 2017 | 360 | #770 |
| 2016 | 380 | #750 |
| 2015 | 430 | #663 |
| 2014 | 431 | #664 |
| 2013 | 521 | #561 |
| 2012 | 509 | #575 |
| 2011 | 762 | #416 |
| 2010 | 768 | #410 |
| 2009 | 943 | #346 |
| 2008 | 1,095 | #305 |
| 2007 | 1,285 | #264 |
| 2006 | 1,221 | #269 |
| 2005 | 815 | #384 |
| 2004 | 650 | #460 |
| 2003 | 593 | #490 |
| 2002 | 564 | #493 |
| 2001 | 659 | #426 |
| 2000 | 421 | #600 |
| 1999 | 316 | #717 |
| 1998 | 327 | #693 |
| 1997 | 326 | #668 |
| 1996 | 322 | #678 |
| 1995 | 301 | #699 |
| 1994 | 384 | #589 |
| 1993 | 369 | #618 |
| 1992 | 345 | #649 |
| 1991 | 354 | #633 |
| 1990 | 210 | #909 |
| 1989 | 145 | #1,134 |
| 1988 | 116 | #1,260 |
| 1987 | 126 | #1,162 |
| 1986 | 115 | #1,210 |
| 1985 | 132 | #1,096 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 121 | #1,114 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,417 |
| 1981 | 98 | #1,294 |
| 1980 | 92 | #1,363 |
| 1979 | 84 | #1,442 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Dulce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Coco Dua Ariana Aria Croia Lola-Rose Lucia Piper Ava-Rose Maeve Alora
Names related to Dulce
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
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, “Dulce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dulce, updated 20 October 2026.