Dominik
- Pronunciation
- [Do-mi-nik]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Belonging To The Lord.
- Origin
- Latin
About the Name Dominik
Dominik is the Central and Eastern European spelling of a name rooted in the Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus meaning "Lord" — specifically in the Christian sense of belonging to or consecrated to God. The name has been borne by saints and scholars across Catholic Europe for more than a millennium, most famously by Saint Dominic, the 13th-century Spanish friar who founded the Dominican Order. The -ik ending marks this as the Polish, Czech, Slovak, and German variant of a name that appears as Dominic in English, Dominique in French, and Domenico in Italian — each form carrying the same devotional core.
In the United States, Dominik first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2012 at rank #500. The spelling appealed to families with Central European heritage as well as to parents seeking a name that looked slightly different from the standard Dominic while sounding identical. It held a continuous presence through 2021, its last top-1000 year, when 241 boys received the name at rank #938. Across its run, more than 7,973 boys were given this spelling in top-1000 years — a solid following for an alternate spelling.
Dominik's quiet exit from the top-1000 does not reflect a fall from favor so much as a return to niche status: the name continues to be used, and the broader Dominic family remains active. For families with Polish, Czech, or German roots, the -ik spelling is a meaningful way to honor that heritage while giving a child a name that reads effortlessly in English. The name carries centuries of scholarly and religious tradition in four crisp syllables.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Dominik
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Dominik by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2012 with 533 boys named Dominik (boy rank #500 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #986 for boys (232 US births). That's 486 places below its 2012 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Dominik Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Dominik the strongest states are Nevada, Connecticut, Illinois.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #434 | 27 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #453 | 16 |
| 3 | Illinois | #468 | 212 |
| 4 | Michigan | #653 | 92 |
| 5 | Arizona | #657 | 72 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #675 | 40 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #681 | 24 |
| 8 | Missouri | #708 | 28 |
| 9 | Colorado | #725 | 40 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #728 | 63 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #844 | 94 |
| 2 | Indiana | #831 | 39 |
| 3 | Virginia | #817 | 30 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #802 | 59 |
| 5 | Texas | #792 | 213 |
| 6 | Florida | #783 | 107 |
| 7 | Washington | #761 | 54 |
| 8 | California | #759 | 311 |
| 9 | Ohio | #752 | 82 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #728 | 63 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Dominik in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Dominik to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Dominik against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).