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
#381
1962 · 609 births
Debut · girls
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

girls
#1,198
41 births · 1 in 28,912 girls
boys
#631
99 births · 1 in 11,217 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,198Dee41

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #631Dee99
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 28,912 of them was named Dee, which outranked 78.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dee
  1. #1,181Roseanna42
  2. #1,181Vickie42
  3. #1,181Willadean42
  4. #1,198Dee41
  5. #1,198Alvena41
  6. #1,198Arbutus41
  7. #1,198Elvina41
  8. #1,220Alexandra40
  9. #1,220Ardys40
  10. #1,220Armella40

Tied with 21 names at #1,198; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 11,217 of them was named Dee, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dee
  1. #627Edd100
  2. #627Florian100
  3. #627Stanford100
  4. #631Dee99
  5. #631Avery99
  6. #631Boyce99
  7. #631Ricardo99
  8. #637Bradford98
  9. #637Lupe98
  10. #639Bernice97

Tied with 5 names at #631; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →