Name profile

Dulce

A name meaning "sweet; candy".

PronunciationEuropean Spanish /ˈdul.θe/; Latin American Spanish /ˈdul.se/
Usage languagesPortuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#770

Meaning and history

Dulce is a Spanish name meaning “sweet” or “candy.”

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 1,221 births, rank #269
2007: 1,285 births, rank #264
2008: 1,095 births, rank #305
2009: 943 births, rank #346
2010: 768 births, rank #410
20112011: 762 births, rank #416
2012: 509 births, rank #575
2013: 521 births, rank #561
2014: 431 births, rank #664
2015: 430 births, rank #663
20162016: 380 births, rank #750
2017: 360 births, rank #770
2018: 293 births, rank #915
2019: 306 births, rank #878
2020: 371 births, rank #737
20212021: 329 births, rank #837
2022: 363 births, rank #783
2023: 364 births, rank #773
2024: 438 births, rank #664
20252025: 352 births, rank #770

Dulce moved from #664 to #771 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 1,285 births.