Girls' name · since 1914
Dulce
20,306 babies named Dulce in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #771 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,306
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dulce is the #771 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 20,306 recorded since 1914.
Dulce has 20,306 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #771 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #1,056 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #771 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,306 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dulce ranks #1,056 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #771 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,306 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,056 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #771 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,306
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dulce's 20,306 recorded births place it above 98.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dulce compares
20,306 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Dulce's all-time total is 54x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dulce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,285 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dulce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dulce's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 1,285, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dulce popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 1,285
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Dulce popularity over time - boys
49 total births recorded since 1989 (Dulce as boys' name)
Dulce by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8,246 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Dulce's strongest decade.
8,246 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Dulce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 29
1910s
29 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 97
1950s
97 births
- 1960s 155
1960s
155 births
- 1970s 351
1970s
351 births
- 1980s 1,148
1980s
1,148 births
- 1990s 3,254
1990s
3,254 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,246 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,760 births
- 2020s 2,217
2020s
2,217 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8,246 births (41% of all-time use).
How Dulce 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 Dulce's total volume
Dulce by state
Where Dulce concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,122 | 30.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,993 | 19.7% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 954 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 860 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 703 | 3.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 634 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 615 | 3.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 569 | 2.8% |
6,122 of 20,306 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Dulce appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dulce's data
- Dulce's decade-level peak was the 2000s (8,246 total births); usage has since declined to 2,217 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dulces (6,122 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Dulce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Dulce 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.