Dee

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 68.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 609 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,830
since 1880

Dee over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #381, 1962peak #254, 1887girlsboys
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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
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#10,6056
2019#8,2159
2018#10,7606
2017
2016#12,1855
2015#10,6446
2014#10,7176
2013#6,24113
2012#13,4837#6,62612
2011#9,6007
2010#16,9925#12,2315
2009
2008#9,8717
2007#8,9158
2006#17,1685#6,46012
2005#5,87513
2004#9,9486
2003#6,71510
2002#13,5956#6,52210
2001#8,75811#6,9359
2000#11,8017#5,29713
1999#6,04210
1998#12,4266#8,4796
1997#7,28312#4,96012
1996#5,77116#3,83017
1995#5,43917#4,79112
1994#4,01626#4,09415
1993#4,99819#4,22714
1992#4,84920#4,87211
1991#4,05925#3,46217
1990#5,28617#3,60716
1989#3,16533#3,80914
1988#3,80524#3,35015
1987#3,10130#3,95911
1986#2,14849#2,22625
1985#2,93931#2,59819
1984#1,81259#2,03626
1983#2,09747#2,27222
1982#1,80760#1,99927
1981#1,44584#1,99627
1980#1,36392#1,85230
1979#1,43185#1,90328
1978#1,37485#1,50838
1977#1,160107#1,57135
1976#1,055116#1,64632
1975#998122#1,59332
1974#924136#1,40937
1973#795165#1,31240
1972#730192#1,45334
1971#629264#1,08157
1970#572313#1,20747
1969#502374#1,25240
1968#543314#1,18341
1967#497371#1,08746
1966#470405#1,02750
1965#432474#84376
1964#410567#90171
1963#399577#79093
1962#381609#83283
1961#387623#85281
1960#433512#760102
1959#421507#87576
1958#407519#81585
1957#430479#76297
1956#422467#79687
1955#409462#73299
1954#424423#72798
1953#428413#654118
1952#432393#668108
1951#446342#682104
1950#448322#74186
1949#463301#669106
1948#470293#658106
1947#431356#624120
1946#465283#630104
1945#445255#76165
1944#461242#64292
1943#522206#65595
1942#477237#69386
1941#493199#62494
1940#518175#59799
1939#526159#57499
1938#550153#537118
1937#615120#58896
1936#81069#577100
1935#84966#566104
1934#83167#560111
1933#85162#58299
1932#90560#590100
1931#1,22735#60595
1930#1,10145#66288
1929#1,11943#571109
1928#1,19141#69483
1927#1,27838#619102
1926#1,19841#63199
1925#1,21041#549125
1924#1,13847#589116
1923#1,38833#582116
1922#1,30936#574123
1921#1,22240#576120
1920#1,19041#64097
1919#1,34833#531125
1918#1,00551#575112
1917#1,21935#557111
1916#1,16737#62088
1915#1,04041#507120
1914#1,11929#62266
1913#1,22921#57957
1912#1,05524#49764
1911#1,17115#46140
1910#1,11016#46135
1909#99017#41935
1908#1,20312#38936
1907#99015#38534
1906#84519#33538
1905#1,2989#33736
1904#96514#46621
1903#96913#39325
1902#38826
1901#79517#48716
1900#1,23110#37535
1899#1,1818#33628
1898#1,09810#35030
1897#1,3856#37525
1896#1,2138#40024
1895#93212#32632
1894#1,3536#38723
1893#76715#32329
1892#1,0179#27443
1891#1,0937#41118
1890#1,3385#41519
1889#1,0257#36024
1888#79311#30235
1887#7889#25439
1886#63313#33226
1885#7938#31828
1884#7938#33627
1883#8176#35922
1882#53012#37023
1881#7406#27632
1880#7386#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dee was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dee
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
  • Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1906 (#1,298#845)
  • Biggest drop: 586 spots in 1894 (#767#1,353)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1962 at #381 (609 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1932–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,229
  • Highest: 1 in 3,229 girls born in 1962 were named Dee (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.5% of all girls named Dee (4,826) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s86#530 (1882)#765
1890s86#767 (1893)#1,138
1900s126#795 (1901)#1,032
1910s302#1,005 (1918)#1,146
1920s401#1,119 (1929)#1,224
1930s836#526 (1939)#827
1940s2,547#431 (1947)#475
1950s4,327#407 (1958)#427
1960s4,826#381 (1962)#445
1970s1,585#572 (1970)#967
1980s509#1,363 (1980)#2,368
1990s158#4,016 (1994)#6,014
2000s29#8,758 (2001)#12,831
2010s12#13,483 (2012)#15,238

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

Dee in 1906

girls
#845
19 births · 1 in 15,542 girls
boys
#335
38 births · 1 in 3,504 boys

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #845Dee19

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #335Dee38
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 15,542 of them was named Dee, which outranked 61.9% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dee
  1. #818Vena20
  2. #818Zada20
  3. #818Zenobia20
  4. #845Dee19
  5. #845Altha19
  6. #845Angelita19
  7. #845Arrie19
  8. #872Ana18
  9. #872Ara18
  10. #872Ardis18

Tied with 26 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 1,036Lavera#1,931#895
  2. 1,014Luberta#1,931#917
  3. 1,014Williemae#1,931#917
  4. 851Evelyne#1,696#845
  5. 851Gregoria#1,696#845
Fallers
  1. 1,126Dulcie#825#1,951
  2. 1,051Zelpha#900#1,951
  3. 930Sydney#797#1,727
  4. 855Lester#872#1,727
  5. 801Alvira#926#1,727

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

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 3,504 of them was named Dee, which outranked 76.3% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dee
  1. #330Kermit39
  2. #330Major39
  3. #330Mitchell39
  4. #335Dee38
  5. #335Dean38
  6. #335Eldon38
  7. #335Irwin38
  8. #342Ellsworth37
  9. #342Neil37
  10. #342Riley37

Tied with 6 names at #335; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. 665Sheldon#1,233#568
  2. 568Rudy#1,091#523
  3. 530Mac#1,002#472
  4. 524Llewellyn#1,233#709
  5. 524Casey#1,233#709
Fallers
  1. 661Price#592#1,253
  2. 617Foy#636#1,253
  3. 587Benton#666#1,253
  4. 554Cruz#699#1,253
  5. 554Larkin#699#1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906