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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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
1886
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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 1934

girls
#1,697
20 births · 1 in 52,211 girls
boys
#808
59 births · 1 in 17,502 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #1,697Deane20

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #808Deane59
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 52,211 of them was named Deane, which outranked 65.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #1,651Vennie21
  2. #1,651Verlee21
  3. #1,651Willo21
  4. #1,697Deane20
  5. #1,697Adaline20
  6. #1,697Ailene20
  7. #1,697Alvin20
  8. #1,771Arizona19
  9. #1,771Arlis19
  10. #1,771Arva19

Tied with 73 names at #1,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 17,502 of them was named Deane, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #798Murphy60
  2. #798Quinton60
  3. #798Stanton60
  4. #808Deane59
  5. #808Aron59
  6. #808Bart59
  7. #808Carleton59
  8. #822Aurelio58
  9. #822Beryl58
  10. #822Cary58

Tied with 13 names at #808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934