Dulce — #664 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dulce

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,953 babies named Dulce between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dulce currently holds the #664 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 1,285 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dulce performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dulce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,057 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Dulce in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dulce 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 19,953 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.