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Dominique

Unisex

Dominique has been given to 74,343 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It peaked in 1992.

Meaning & origin

From French Dominique. Doublet of Dominic.

Origin: French

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

74,343

Peak year

1992 (4,671 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1912

10-year trend

▼ -54%

Gender split

68% girls / 32% boys

Famous people named Dominique

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780–1867)

Dominique de Villepin

French politician and diplomat; 95th Prime Minister of France

François Arago

French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

French economist

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dominique.

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