Dulce is an established girls' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Dulce is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #771 for girl births in the United States (and #1,503 across all names), given to 352 babies. Dulce was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 2007 (1,285 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 352 | 352 | #771 | — |
| 2024 | 438 | 438 | #664 | — |
| 2023 | 364 | 364 | #774 | — |
| 2022 | 363 | 363 | #783 | — |
| 2021 | 329 | 329 | #838 | — |
| 2020 | 371 | 371 | #737 | — |
| 2019 | 306 | 306 | #879 | — |
| 2018 | 293 | 293 | #917 | — |
| 2017 | 360 | 360 | #770 | — |
| 2016 | 380 | 380 | #750 | — |
| 2015 | 430 | 430 | #663 | — |
| 2014 | 431 | 431 | #664 | — |
| 2013 | 521 | 521 | #561 | — |
| 2012 | 509 | 509 | #575 | — |
| 2011 | 762 | 762 | #416 | — |
| 2010 | 768 | 768 | #410 | — |
| 2009 | 943 | 943 | #346 | — |
| 2008 | 1,095 | 1,102 | #305 | — |
| 2007 | 1,285 | 1,285 | #264 | — |
| 2006 | 1,221 | 1,221 | #269 | — |
| 2005 | 815 | 815 | #384 | — |
| 2004 | 655 | 655 | #460 | #11,856 |
| 2003 | 599 | 599 | #490 | #9,930 |
| 2002 | 570 | 570 | #493 | #9,718 |
| 2001 | 659 | 659 | #426 | — |
| 2000 | 421 | 421 | #601 | — |
| 1999 | 316 | 316 | #718 | — |
| 1998 | 327 | 327 | #693 | — |
| 1997 | 326 | — | #668 | — |
| 1996 | 322 | — | #679 | — |
| 1995 | 301 | — | #701 | — |
| 1994 | 391 | — | #589 | #7,189 |
| 1993 | 375 | — | #618 | #7,917 |
| 1992 | 350 | — | #649 | #8,810 |
| 1991 | 362 | — | #633 | #6,113 |
| 1990 | 210 | — | #912 | — |
| 1989 | 151 | — | #1,141 | #7,246 |
| 1988 | 116 | — | #1,261 | — |
| 1987 | 126 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1986 | 115 | — | #1,211 | — |
| 1985 | 132 | — | #1,097 | — |
| 1984 | 117 | — | #1,160 | — |
| 1983 | 121 | — | #1,116 | — |
| 1982 | 86 | — | #1,420 | — |
| 1981 | 98 | — | #1,295 | — |
| 1980 | 92 | — | #1,366 | — |
| 1979 | 84 | — | #1,445 | — |
| 1978 | 46 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1977 | 35 | — | #2,470 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | — | #2,071 | — |
| 1975 | 26 | — | #2,828 | — |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #2,309 | — |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #4,033 | — |
| 1972 | 32 | — | #2,325 | — |
| 1971 | 25 | — | #2,820 | — |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #4,570 | — |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #3,124 | — |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,498 | — |
| 1967 | 19 | — | #2,898 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | — | #3,441 | — |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,601 | — |
| 1964 | 19 | — | #2,934 | — |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,084 | — |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,849 | — |
| 1961 | 14 | — | #3,495 | — |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,541 | — |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #4,100 | — |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,622 | — |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,037 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,387 | — |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #4,484 | — |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,201 | — |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #3,157 | — |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,422 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,630 | — |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #3,753 | — |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,448 | — |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #3,967 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,530 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,498 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | — | #4,500 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,168 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,040 | — |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,170 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,003 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,982 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,054 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,907 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,770 | — |