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Dulcie

A name meaning "sweet".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#10,917

Meaning and history

From Latin dulcis, meaning “sweet,” Dulcie was used in the Middle Ages in the spellings Dowse and Duce and was later reintroduced in the 19th century.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 5 births, rank #17,168
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 9 births, rank #11,599
2009: 5 births, rank #17,294
2010: 5 births, rank #16,992
20112011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: 5 births, rank #16,869
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 7 births, rank #12,876
2017: 8 births, rank #11,615
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: 7 births, rank #12,142
20212021: 5 births, rank #15,251
2022: 5 births, rank #15,306
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: 8 births, rank #11,122
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917

Dulcie rose from #912 to #829 for girls between 1902 and 1905. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 20.