Dominica

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dominica: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #490, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#490highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dominica's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#1571
1999	#2189
2000	#3912
2002	#3409
2003	#2727
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#2233
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#3160
2016	#2966
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2024	#4192

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2 of the 35 years from 1974 to 2008.

In 2008: #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3005 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1974–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2008
Highest recorded position: #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1974–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dominica appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 21 ranked years and 120 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1974.

Dominica across 2 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.

Dominica'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 · Girls	#490 (1974)	#490 (1974)	#862 (2008)	2 of 35	6 (1974–2008)	3 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1571 (1998)	#4192 (2024)	21 of 29	120 (1996–2024)	11 (1998)

Dominica by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Dominica in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	3 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	46	8 of 10	6
2010s	46	9 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dominica 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 2 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #490 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Dominica'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	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1974 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #490, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 22 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.

Domhnall · #185, 52y
Dominic · #51, 62y
Dominick · #111, 57y
Dominik · #103, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aishat · #490, 25y
Emiliana · #490, 17y
Emrys · #490, 26y
Estera · #491, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Emiliana · #490, 17y
Ashleen · #488, 24y
Francine · #492, 29y
Leana · #492, 30y

Dominica was ranked #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. 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.

Dominica 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 Dominica without appearing here.

Dominica moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Dominica

Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Selma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2189 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1389.
Luca Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Dominica

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Dominica

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dominica went from #2683 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #490 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dominica

Dominica at a glance

What stands out in Dominica's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dominica across 2 official records

Dominica by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dominica appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dominica at a glance

What stands out in Dominica's record

Dominica across 2 official records

Dominica by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dominica appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dominica

Dominica and the names beside it

Dominica moved ahead of

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