# Dulce (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dulce/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dulcé, Dulcee, Dulcée |
| US babies named this | 20,355 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 20,306 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Dulce.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 762 | 416 |
| 2012 | 509 | 575 |
| 2013 | 521 | 561 |
| 2014 | 431 | 664 |
| 2015 | 430 | 663 |
| 2016 | 380 | 750 |
| 2017 | 360 | 770 |
| 2018 | 293 | 917 |
| 2019 | 306 | 879 |
| 2020 | 371 | 737 |
| 2021 | 329 | 838 |
| 2022 | 363 | 783 |
| 2023 | 364 | 774 |
| 2024 | 438 | 664 |
| 2025 | 352 | 771 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 7,246 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,113 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,810 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,917 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,189 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,718 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,930 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,856 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |

## In other languages

- Spanish: Dulce

## People named Dulce

- Dulce Nunes, Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter
- Dulce García, Cuban javelin thrower (1965–2019)
- Dulcé Sloan, American comedian and actress
- Dulce Braga, Angolan writer
- Dulce Téllez, Female volleyball player from Cuba

## 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.