Girls' name · since 1885
Dulcie
Dulcie has 1,647 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,946 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,647
- born since 1885
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dulcie is the #10946 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,647 recorded since 1885.
Dulcie has 1,647 recorded births among girls since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10946 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 2025.
- #5,371 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,946 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,647 born since 1885
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dulcie ranks #5,371 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,946 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,647 born since 1885, peaking in the 1920s.
- #5,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,946 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,647
- born since 1885
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dulcie's 1,647 recorded births place it above 92.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
How Dulcie compares
1,647 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Dulcie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dulcie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,647 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dulcie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dulcie's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1906, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dulcie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–2025
- Peak year (1968)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 141 years of records
Dulcie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (266 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Dulcie's strongest decade.
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Dulcie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 35
1880s
35 births
- 1890s
1890s
145 births
- 1900s 103
1900s
103 births
- 1910s
1910s
198 births
- 1920s
1920s
266 births
- 1930s
1930s
143 births
- 1940s 104
1940s
104 births
- 1950s
1950s
108 births
- 1960s
1960s
130 births
- 1970s
1970s
176 births
- 1980s 60
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 61
2000s
61 births
- 2010s 52
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 266 births (16% of all-time use).
How Dulcie 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 Dulcie's total volume
Dulcie by state
Where Dulcie concentrates geographically, total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #2 | California | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
16 of 1,647 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Dulcie's data
- Dulcie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (266 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Dulcies (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky 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 Dulcie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~140 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, 1885–2025 (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 Dulcie 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.