Dulcie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DUL-see
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #487 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Dulcie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “sweet”. In 2025 it ranked 487th for girls in the UK (91 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Dulcie mean?
Latin: from Latin dulcis
“sweet”
Dulcinea, the idealised lady of Don Quixote, has a name from the same root.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dulcie a girl's or a boy's name?
Dulcie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dulcie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #487among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 91about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 91 girls in the UK were named Dulcie, making it the 487th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 814th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dulcie of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Dulcie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 463rd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Dulcie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #487 |
| 2024 | 72 | #587 |
| 2023 | 56 | #699 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 66 | #630 |
| 2020 | 49 | #814 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 51 | #814 |
| 2017 | 54 | #799 |
| 2016 | 73 | #631 |
| 2015 | 50 | #830 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 63 | #701 |
| 2012 | 57 | #757 |
| 2011 | 63 | #688 |
| 2010 | 56 | #716 |
| 2009 | 53 | #752 |
| 2008 | 57 | #703 |
| 2007 | 54 | #699 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 40 | #783 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 34 | #783 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Dulcie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Dulcie, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1968, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Dulcie in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dulcie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,430 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,341 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,274 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 20 | #825 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 15 | #903 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 15 | #970 |
| 1899 | 14 | #878 |
| 1898 | 19 | #768 |
| 1897 | 17 | #761 |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 15 | #782 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 15 | #657 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
Names like Dulcie
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, “Dulcie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dulcie, updated 20 October 2026.