Unisex name · since 1978
Dominigue
Dominigue has 165 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
165 girls have been named Dominigue since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dominigue has 165 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1993.
- #21,768 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 165 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dominigue ranks #21,768 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dominigue's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Dominigue's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dominigue's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dominigue popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1993
- Peak year (1985)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Dominigue popularity over time - boys
46 total births recorded since 1984 (Dominigue as boys' name)
Dominigue by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (134 births, 81% of the file).
1980s was Dominigue's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Dominigue births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
134 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 134 births (81% of all-time use).
Dominigue by state
Where Dominigue concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 7 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 3.0% |
8 of 165 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Dominigue's decade-level peak was the 1980s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Dominigues (8 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Dominigue: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1978–1993 (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 Dominigue 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.