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Domonique

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Domonique has been given to 7,064 babies in the U.S. since 1963. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1986, with 374 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Domonique, 2023

1 in 552,000

Domonique over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Domonique over time

In 2025, Domonique went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19632025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Domonique: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Domonique means

Domonique is a given name.

The naming story behind Domonique

Wikidata records Domonique as a given name. The entity identifier is Q96464827, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,172 girls were recorded with the name Domonique between 1963 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 374 in 1986; its best national rank was #543 in 1986.

In the United States, 1,892 boys were recorded with the name Domonique between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 150 in 1991; its best national rank was #849 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,382 in 2020 to #7,310 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,927 in 2015 to #7,310 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Domonique?

Domonique had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 552,000
6 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only
1 in 267,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
382,940 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Domonique sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Domonique. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Domoniques were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Domonique was born before 1992 — so the typical Domonique is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,172
People you could plausibly meet
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1990s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (2,517).

Is Domonique rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1986 (374)
Years since peak
39
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#543
1986

Spellings of Domonique

Domonique is not the most common spelling — Monique is, with 56.2% against Domonique's 3.7%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Domonique is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Domonique was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 36,403 across all states with data. It was least common in Missouri (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 12,500
  2. 2District of Columbia1 in 14,286
  3. 3Michigan1 in 20,000
  4. 4California1 in 25,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 25,000
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 25,000
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 25,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Domonique has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Domonique is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Domonique was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 169,189 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 50,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 100,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 100,000
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Domonique has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Domonique around the world

Where Domonique ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–1997
    #3,174
    in 1997
  • Canada
    1991–2001
    #2,611
    in 2001
  • South Australia
    2003–2003
    #739
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Domonique by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#543
1986
Peak year
1986
374 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
5,172
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,310
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 928
Best rank ever
#849
1991
Peak year
1991
150 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,892
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Domonique

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Domonique

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Domonique, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Domonique

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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