Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Dulce was most popular in 2007, when 1,285 American babies were given the name — ranking #537 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,502, with 352 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 20,355 people named Dulce.
Dulce first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 89 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 20,355 American births named Dulce between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 20,034 are estimated to be alive today.
352 American babies were named Dulce in 2025, ranking #1,502 that year.
Dulce is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 369 births a year, against 531 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -30% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dulce is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 20,355 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 20,034 Americans named Dulce are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 14 and 26. That is a narrow band: Dulce arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org