Dominic

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dominic: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dominic: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #51 in 1996, and it stood at #159 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
185times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#51highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dominic's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
England and Wales registered 1,519 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 25 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#51
1997	#53
1998	#52
1999	#60
2000	#61
2001	#70
2002	#75
2003	#71
2004	#84
2005	#86
2006	#92
2007	#98
2008	#105
2009	#111
2010	#127
2011	#120
2012	#116
2013	#109
2014	#121
2015	#103
2016	#115
2017	#115
2018	#100
2019	#111
2020	#112
2021	#114
2022	#123
2023	#139
2024	#161

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #161 among boys in England and Wales, #234 among boys in Scotland, #239 among boys in Northern Ireland, #240 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #476 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #84 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #51 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #159 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dominic appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,579 births with the name.

Dominic across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dominic's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#84 (1964)	#84 (1964)	#159 (2025)	62 of 62	1,579 (1964–2025)	48 (2017)
Norway · Boys	#589 (1976)	#283 (2007)	#476 (2024)	24 of 49	153 (1976–2024)	15 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#94 (1987)	#63 (2005)	#94 (2020)	28 of 34	3,015 (1987–2020)	140 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#51 (1996)	#51 (1996)	#161 (2024)	29 of 29	20,480 (1996–2024)	1,519 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#118 (1997)	#118 (1997)	#239 (2024)	28 of 28	274 (1997–2024)	18 (1997)
New Zealand · Boys	#100 (1998)	#65 (2002)	#100 (2013)	13 of 16	801 (1998–2013)	79 (2003)

Dominic by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dominic in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	218	6 of 10	36
1970s	283	10 of 10	28
1980s	230	10 of 10	23
1990s	176	10 of 10	18
2000s	179	10 of 10	18
2010s	320	10 of 10	32
2020s	173	6 of 10	29

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dominic appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #51 in England and Wales in 1996.

Dominic's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#161	311	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#139	383	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#123	450	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#114	504	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#112	521	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#111	552	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#100	634	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#115	549	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#115	573	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#103	618	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#121	521	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#109	555	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#116	546	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#120	534	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#127	497	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#111	547	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#105	563	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#98	655	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#92	734	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#86	756	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#84	759	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#71	842	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#75	782	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#70	859	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#61	962	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#60	1,029	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#52	1,366	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#53	1,359	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#51	1,519	High	Verified
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New Zealand	male	#100	50	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#86	57	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#84	62	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#84	65	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#85	64	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#84	66	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#92	51	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#89	59	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#68	79	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#65	74	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#80	65	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#83	59	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#100	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#239	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#180	12	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#160	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#178	13	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#223	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#205	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#182	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#180	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#173	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#186	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#172	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#118	18	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#476	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#505	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#443	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#401	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#456	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#394	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#403	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#293	15	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#360	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#283	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#610	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	32	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	17	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	32	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	42	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	32	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	25	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	40	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	48	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	46	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	28	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	23	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	24	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	33	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	21	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	25	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	20	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	24	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#183	16	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	20	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	25	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	19	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	21	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	17	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	17	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	20	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	21	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	25	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	22	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	25	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	31	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	30	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	22	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	18	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	23	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	30	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	21	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	28	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	32	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	31	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	28	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	40	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	32	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	38	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	30	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	34	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	38	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	37	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#84	41	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#234	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #51, first reached in 1996.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,519 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1976, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Domas · #342, 20y
Domhnall · #185, 52y
Dominica · #490, 22y
Dominick · #111, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Damian · #46, 62y
Vincent · #42, 66y
Louis · #38, 67y
Sam · #38, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Celina · #51, 57y
Aron · #52, 53y
Cliodhna · #52, 56y
Dion · #50, 46y

Dominic was ranked #51 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dominic and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dominic without appearing here.

Dominic moved ahead of

Ciaran Compare
In 2017 they stood at #131 and #78 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #149 and #520.
Frode Compare
In 2006 they stood at #535 and #320 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #283 and #516.
Roger Compare
In 2006 they stood at #535 and #427 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #283 and #491.
Tony Compare
In 2011 they stood at #493 and #339 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #360 and #566.

Moved ahead of Dominic

Julian Compare
In 1987 they stood at #490 and #499 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #623 and #186.
Phillip Compare
In 1990 they stood at #490 and #607 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #610 and #339.
Sander Compare
In 1987 they stood at #490 and #658 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #623 and #386.
Scott Compare
In 1987 they stood at #490 and #610 in Norway · Boys; by 1988 that had become #623 and #387.

Moved the opposite way to Dominic

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Dominic

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 and Frank from #164 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dominic went from #84 to #159 and George from #52 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #51 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dominic

Dominic at a glance

What stands out in Dominic's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dominic across 6 official records

Dominic by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dominic appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dominic

Dominic and the names beside it

Dominic moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Dominic

Dominic at a glance

What stands out in Dominic's record

Dominic across 6 official records

Dominic by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dominic appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dominic

Dominic and the names beside it

Dominic moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dominic

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