Dominica comes from the English / Italian / Roman tradition, meaning Belonging to the Lord.
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How popular is Dominica?
1979peak year
Today, Dominica is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8831), with only about 12 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1979, 56 babies were given the name (ranked #1881 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Dominica's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 2,332 babies have been registered as Dominica since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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