Dominiqua — girls' name
80 babies named Dominiqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Dominiqua was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Dominiqua in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dominiqua
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Dominiqua between 1984 and 1998, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dominiqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dominiqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dominiqua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dominiqua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dominiqua in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dominiqua at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dominiqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1984
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
80 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Dominiqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 61 births that decade — 76% of Dominiqua's all-time total
Dominiqua decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dominiqua's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Dominiqua by state
Where Dominiqua concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1984–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.