Dulcey — girls' name
105 babies named Dulcey in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Dulcey was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Dulcey in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dulcey
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Dulcey between 1967 and 1972, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dulcey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dulcey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dulcey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dulcey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dulcey 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 105 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.
Dulcey at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dulcey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1967
- Peak year (1968)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
105 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 57 births in a single year.
Dulcey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 76 births that decade — 72% of Dulcey's all-time total
Dulcey decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dulcey's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Dulcey by state
Where Dulcey concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 4.8% |
5 of 105 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 4.8% 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, 1967–1972 (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.