Dulce

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning sweet.

Babies a year
355
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#771
down from #664
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Dulce has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#588#790#992201520202025#771

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#663
2016#751
2017#770
2018#917
2019#882
2020#736
2021#836
2022#784
2023#781
2024#664
2025#771

Dulce by the numbers

Dulce was given to 355 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,284 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dulce. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dulciesweet; a form of Dulciana86 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dolcesweet, gentle, pleasant9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dolciesweet, gentle; a variant spelling of Dulcie116 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Duanedark; a form of Dubhán100 in the US (2017)
  • Dalyce8 in the US (2017)
  • Delcie6 in the US (2017)

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