Deane

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 67.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 59 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,758
since 1912

Deane over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #1,278, 1892peak #808, 1934girlsboys
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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#10,6956
2024#12,3495
2023#9,7637
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#10,6056
2019
2018#12,1565
2017#12,2465
2016#10,7446
2015#12,0865
2014
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#10,7666
2009
2008
2007
2006#10,6626
2005
2004#8,9277
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#7,8747
1998#8,4796
1997#7,2817
1996#13,5185#7,9716
1995#10,5147#7,7926
1994#5,45210
1993#4,44713
1992#5,23610
1991#10,2717#4,76011
1990#3,46717
1989#5,1659
1988#10,3866#7,2705
1987#8,7787#6,0896
1986#9,5456#3,88211
1985#9,3076#5,1477
1984#8,1537#5,5616
1983#7,3128#4,4998
1982#10,5175#3,10814
1981#6,32310#4,1539
1980#9,0956#3,83810
1979#4,62615#5,3556
1978#7,6497#2,56817
1977#9,6525#3,38611
1976#7,2967#3,47110
1975#4,85412#2,63715
1974#4,45913#2,12920
1973#7,4356#2,40516
1972#3,71416#1,81924
1971#5,13610#1,56031
1970#3,11021#1,46233
1969#2,70424#1,23141
1968#2,96919#1,31434
1967#2,86819#1,65222
1966#2,58622#1,23737
1965#2,53823#1,59524
1964#2,82520#1,43530
1963#2,61922#1,27937
1962#3,29315#1,42330
1961#3,06017#1,52128
1960#3,51213#1,55227
1959#3,10415#1,30236
1958#2,86217#1,17243
1957#2,82317#1,25039
1956#3,32113#1,29835
1955#2,34122#1,39630
1954#2,45020#1,43528
1953#2,51618#1,17040
1952#3,04013#1,08145
1951#1,74031#1,01748
1950#2,65215#1,06444
1949#1,80728#1,02946
1948#2,49116#1,16038
1947#1,86327#83669
1946#1,72327#1,07641
1945#2,33914#1,10335
1944#1,86721#99143
1943#1,79123#1,12037
1942#2,21416#1,16735
1941#2,27214#1,00441
1940#1,79220#1,01940
1939#2,41712#1,14132
1938#2,02116#1,09535
1937#1,91417#96742
1936#1,69120#88248
1935#2,00616#94045
1934#1,69720#80859
1933#1,55223#82157
1932#1,52025#87453
1931#1,87618#82558
1930#1,87519#91553
1929#1,55525#88856
1928#2,49713#90255
1927#2,09518#96452
1926#2,70812#87558
1925#2,01819#83264
1924#2,40915#93756
1923#1,63726#93054
1922#2,18617#1,02348
1921#2,04819#1,06943
1920#2,17217#1,20836
1919#1,60425#1,00945
1918#2,37614#1,25631
1917#2,31614#1,36226
1916#2,49812#1,09635
1915#1,88317#1,55320
1914#3,1886#1,86812
1913#1,60114#1,80310
1912#2,3607#1,61910
1911
1910#1,9357
1909#2,2085
1908
1907
1906#1,4168
1905
1904#1,4867
1903
1902#1,5946
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,7005
1897
1896#1,5835
1895#1,4266
1894
1893
1892#1,2786
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
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1880
First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Deane! It came in at #1,619, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2000–2003, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Deane
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349#10,695)
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605#10,695)
  • 1,391 spots since 2015 (#12,086#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1947 (#1,076#836)
  • Biggest drop: 324 spots in 1948 (#836#1,160)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1934 at #808 (59 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1923–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,395
  • Highest: 1 in 17,395 boys born in 1933 were named Deane (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #808 in 1934, was only 1 in 17,502 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Deane (522) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
  • Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s189#1,009 (1919)#1,446
1920s522#832 (1925)#963
1930s482#808 (1934)#927
1940s425#836 (1947)#1,051
1950s388#1,017 (1951)#1,219
1960s310#1,231 (1969)#1,424
1970s183#1,462 (1970)#2,679
1980s85#3,108 (1982)#4,871
1990s93#3,467 (1990)#6,276
2000s13#8,927 (2004)#9,795
2010s39#9,655 (2013)#11,420
2020s29#9,763 (2023)#11,148

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.

Deane in 1922

girls
#2,186
17 births · 1 in 70,647 girls
boys
#1,023
48 births · 1 in 22,670 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #2,186Deane17

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #1,023Deane48
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 70,647 of them was named Deane, which outranked 62.2% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #2,109Villa18
  2. #2,109Wylma18
  3. #2,109Zina18
  4. #2,186Deane17
  5. #2,186Akiko17
  6. #2,186Aldean17
  7. #2,186Alla17
  8. #2,291Adelaida16
  9. #2,291Adriana16
  10. #2,291Aili16

Tied with 104 names at #2,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 22,670 of them was named Deane, which outranked 79.4% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #1,010Vernard49
  2. #1,010Wayman49
  3. #1,010Wyatt49
  4. #1,023Deane48
  5. #1,023Arlin48
  6. #1,023Auther48
  7. #1,023Courtney48
  8. #1,032Ansel47
  9. #1,032Arch47
  10. #1,032Ardell47

Tied with 8 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922