Dean

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #125 for boys in 2025, 2,876 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#78
1967 · 3,914 births
Debut · boys
1880
14 births
In top 100 · boys
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
192,930
since 1880

Dean over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #78, 1967boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#1252,876
2024#15,2935#1422,549
2023#15,1945#1592,289
2022—#1642,265
2021#10,2929#1662,352
2020#15,0885#1762,165
2019—#1742,220
2018#11,4278#1722,257
2017—#1872,083
2016#11,7818#2051,966
2015—#2041,950
2014#14,5586#2211,711
2013—#2401,512
2012—#2601,380
2011#14,8246#2841,235
2010—#2861,183
2009—#3041,061
2008—#343951
2007—#351906
2006—#384779
2005#11,8348#383756
2004—#372746
2003—#382685
2002—#371711
2001#15,3525#356744
2000—#376696
1999—#365716
1998—#346770
1997—#325804
1996—#312843
1995—#333769
1994—#312835
1993—#317835
1992—#315836
1991#7,43011#315820
1990#12,9585#286894
1989#9,6817#278891
1988#9,2447#271863
1987#9,8256#266821
1986—#263839
1985#10,6775#267801
1984#7,3988#275762
1983#4,88414#277746
1982#5,91111#272768
1981#7,4098#276751
1980#4,97814#267817
1979#9,0106#250847
1978#5,95810#263772
1977#6,3409#239868
1976#5,60110#229888
1975#3,95016#2101,025
1974#4,04115#1841,220
1973#3,63517#1681,410
1972#3,89415#1561,682
1971#3,50818#1372,245
1970#2,39531#1122,941
1969#3,46116#893,445
1968#2,63023#783,799
1967#2,03933#783,914
1966#1,88237#844,041
1965#2,29327#884,096
1964#2,24629#854,510
1963#2,36426#864,616
1962#2,53923#864,655
1961#2,00434#844,933
1960#1,88736#944,518
1959#2,02131#954,425
1958#2,20926#974,302
1957#1,92832#934,387
1956#1,79635#993,712
1955#1,87732#1113,084
1954#2,18624#1103,166
1953#1,50342#1053,124
1952#2,02325#1033,155
1951#1,92126#1052,892
1950#1,57635#1202,337
1949#1,40943#1292,102
1948#1,47339#1431,909
1947#1,46141#1402,002
1946#1,39439#1321,886
1945#1,17545#1361,585
1944#1,31537#1341,574
1943#1,15449#1421,502
1942#1,04656#1511,285
1941#1,03050#1431,288
1940#1,04647#1431,223
1939#1,07944#1331,296
1938#1,01849#1291,339
1937#98151#1271,314
1936#90956#1251,332
1935#1,00447#1201,435
1934#92555#1181,476
1933#85861#1281,310
1932#75879#1231,416
1931#93155#1271,346
1930#91663#1291,365
1929#84970#1331,287
1928#96260#1361,287
1927#89869#1331,332
1926#1,02353#1391,245
1925#98857#1401,195
1924#1,06953#1441,151
1923#99257#1531,011
1922#1,08949#158983
1921#1,05751#168876
1920#1,08747#180788
1919#1,19439#181722
1918#1,07346#189668
1917#1,07943#203559
1916#1,18936#215504
1915#1,07539#225453
1914#1,54118#231337
1913#2,03410#253224
1912#1,84410#252198
1911#1,17115#26794
1910#1,33512#34553
1909#1,10414#35544
1908#93918#34643
1907#1,5128#33141
1906#1,9515#33538
1905#1,5387#31142
1904#1,2519#39028
1903#1,02712#37027
1902#1,3208#30240
1901#1,4666#31432
1900#1,05313#30746
1899#1,3946#36225
1898#1,5026#36428
1897—#28540
1896#1,4166#50017
1895#93212#43720
1894#1,1368#33628
1893#1,2776#47915
1892—#39423
1891—#33326
1890#1,0068#35125
1889#1,2795#38821
1888#1,2765#58012
1887—#6319
1886—#47015
1885—#60410
1884#9306#52013
1883—#52712
1882—#6529
1881—#41617
1880—#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dean was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Dean is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dean
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#142 → #125)
  • 51 spots since 2020 (#176 → #125)
  • 79 spots since 2015 (#204 → #125)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1897 (#500 → #285)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1882 (#416 → #652)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1967 at #78 (3,914 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1956–1969
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 431
  • Highest: 1 in 431 boys born in 1961 were named Dean (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 594 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #78 in 1967, was only 1 in 446 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.0% of all boys named Dean (42,527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s132#388 (1889)#527
1890s247#285 (1897)#384
1900s381#302 (1902)#336
1910s3,812#181 (1919)#236
1920s11,155#133 (1927)#148
1930s13,629#118 (1934)#126
1940s16,356#129 (1949)#139
1950s34,584#93 (1957)#104
1960s42,527#78 (1967)#85
1970s13,898#112 (1970)#195
1980s8,059#263 (1986)#271
1990s8,122#286 (1990)#323
2000s8,035#304 (2009)#362
2010s17,497#172 (2018)#223
2020s14,496#125 (2025)#155

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dean in 1900

girls
#1,053
13 births · 1 in 23,060 girls
boys
#307
46 births · 1 in 3,271 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #1,053Dean13

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #307Dean46
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 23,060 of them was named Dean, which outranked 52.6% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dean
  1. #1,008Sina14
  2. #1,008Tiny14
  3. #1,008Velda14
  4. #1,053Dean13
  5. #1,053Alvena13
  6. #1,053Andrea13
  7. #1,053Ardell13
  8. #1,106Albert12
  9. #1,106Alethia12
  10. #1,106Alline12

Tied with 52 names at #1,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 3,271 of them was named Dean, which outranked 79.6% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dean
  1. #301Taylor48
  2. #305Ambrose47
  3. #305Edmond47
  4. #307Dean46
  5. #307Booker46
  6. #307Earle46
  7. #307Ned46
  8. #312Augustus45
  9. #312Chris45
  10. #312Columbus45

Tied with 4 names at #307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →