Girls' name · since 1898
Domenica
Domenica has 3,503 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,503
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Domenica currently ranks #5935 among girls' names in America, with 3,503 babies recorded since 1898.
Domenica has 3,503 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5935 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #3,254 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,935 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,503 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Domenica ranks #3,254 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,935 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,503 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,935 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,503
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Domenica's 3,503 recorded births place it above 95.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Domenica compares
3,503 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Domenica's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Domenica | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,503 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 118 | 21 | 19,840 |
Domenica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Domenica's full recorded timeline at 1964, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1904, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 118 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Domenica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 118
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Domenica by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (517 births, 15% of the file).
1920s was Domenica's strongest decade.
517 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Domenica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 67
1900s
67 births
- 1910s
1910s
419 births
- 1920s
1920s
517 births
- 1930s
1930s
303 births
- 1940s 162
1940s
162 births
- 1950s 196
1950s
196 births
- 1960s
1960s
256 births
- 1970s
1970s
368 births
- 1980s
1980s
297 births
- 1990s
1990s
299 births
- 2000s
2000s
249 births
- 2010s
2010s
229 births
- 2020s 135
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 517 births (15% of all-time use).
How Domenica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Domenica's total volume
Domenica by state
Where Domenica concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,177 | 33.6% |
| #2 | California | | 162 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 125 | 3.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 116 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 82 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 50 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 26 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 20 | 0.6% |
1,177 of 3,503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Domenica appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Domenica's data
- Domenica's decade-level peak was the 1920s (517 total births); usage has since declined to 135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Domenicas (1,177 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Domenica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~127 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1898–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Domenica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.