# Dominic (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dominic/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “lord” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɒm.ɪˌnɪk/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Dommy |
| Variant spellings | Dominick, Dom |
| US babies named this | 194,676 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 193,424 / 1,252 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20,726, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus (“Lord”).

## What it means

Dominic is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 16 | 7,625 |
| 2011 | 14 | 8,315 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,891 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,494 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,170 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,804 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,590 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,087 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,704 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,745 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,505 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,159 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,148 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,516 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,530 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,438 | 77 |
| 2012 | 6,189 | 70 |
| 2013 | 6,336 | 68 |
| 2014 | 6,264 | 69 |
| 2015 | 5,870 | 68 |
| 2016 | 5,428 | 72 |
| 2017 | 5,111 | 74 |
| 2018 | 4,795 | 75 |
| 2019 | 4,443 | 85 |
| 2020 | 4,019 | 89 |
| 2021 | 3,755 | 99 |
| 2022 | 3,590 | 102 |
| 2023 | 3,417 | 106 |
| 2024 | 3,304 | 107 |
| 2025 | 3,277 | 106 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 534 | 120 |
| 2012 | 546 | 116 |
| 2013 | 555 | 109 |
| 2014 | 521 | 121 |
| 2015 | 618 | 103 |
| 2016 | 573 | 115 |
| 2017 | 549 | 115 |
| 2018 | 634 | 100 |
| 2019 | 552 | 111 |
| 2020 | 521 | 112 |
| 2021 | 504 | 114 |
| 2022 | 450 | 123 |
| 2023 | 383 | 139 |
| 2024 | 311 | 161 |
| 2025 | 246 | 205 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: دومينيك
- Armenian: Դոմինիկոս
- Bulgarian: Доминик
- Catalan: Domènec
- Chinese: 多米尼克, 道明
- Czech: Dominik
- Dutch: Dominic
- Esperanto: Dominiko
- French: Dominique
- Georgian: დომინიკ
- German: Dominik
- Greek: Δομήνικος
- Hebrew: דומיניק
- Hindi: डोमिनिक
- Hungarian: Domonkos
- Icelandic: Dóminik
- Irish: Damhnaic, Damhlaic
- Italian: Domenico
- Japanese: ドミニク
- Korean: 도미닉

## People named Dominic

- Dominic Monaghan, German-born British actor
- Dominic Purcell, actor
- Dominic Raab, British politician (born 1974)
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin, English association football player (born 1997)
- Dominic Cooper, British actor
- Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player (born 1993)
- Dominic West, British actor
- Dominic Solanke, English association football player (born 1997)
- Dominic Howard, British musician
- Dominic Chianese, American actor, animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist
- Dominic Fike, American musician (born 1995)
- Dominic Sherwood, English actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.