Meaning not yet researched.
Dean: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,876 in 2025. Its best rank was #78 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #78 in 1968; #125 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Dean in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#125 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #78.
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Dean: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,876 boys in 2025. Peak: #78 in 1968 · most boys in one year: 4,933 (1961).
In 2025, 2,876 US boys were named Dean, making it the 125th most common boys’ name of the year, up 17 places from #142 in 2024. That is 327 more than the 2,549 boys named Dean in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #78, reached in 1968. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,933, in 1961. For comparison, it was #204 in 2015 and #120 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dean in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 195,844 US babies have been given the name, 1.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 42,811 babies named Dean.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 23,022 US boys were named Dean; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,876. In 2025 that was about 1 in 594 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dean ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #30 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 14 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Deen (996 babies since 1880), Diane (520,034 babies since 1880), Dion (20,164 babies since 1880) and Deon (16,988 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Deyon, Dyon and Deaun are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Deyon (549), Dyon (211), Deaun (76), Deyan (53), Dieon (51), Den (17), Deonn (13), Dein (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dean in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 25 | #30 | — |
| Utah | 78 | #58 | #159 |
| Missouri | 90 | #65 | #160 |
| Montana | 16 | #69 | #133 |
| Nebraska | 33 | #70 | #182 |
| Kansas | 47 | #72 | #214 |
| Idaho | 30 | #73 | #127 |
| New Hampshire | 20 | #75 | #175 |
| Oregon | 45 | #82 | #191 |
| Nevada | 34 | #87 | #179 |
| Ohio | 134 | #92 | #200 |
| Washington | 80 | #95 | #181 |
| New Jersey | 103 | #95 | #169 |
| Illinois | 118 | #96 | #198 |
| Delaware | 10 | #104 | #213 |
| Arkansas | 32 | #105 | #258 |
| Maine | 13 | #106 | #222 |
| Colorado | 65 | #107 | #221 |
| Arizona | 77 | #107 | #173 |
| Indiana | 72 | #108 | #175 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #110 | #160 |
| Iowa | 35 | #110 | #192 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #114 | #202 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #116 | #273 |
| Alaska | 7 | #116 | #139 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | #127 | #208 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #128 | #289 |
| Michigan | 76 | #129 | #172 |
| California | 315 | #131 | #167 |
| New Mexico | 14 | #136 | #361 |
| Wisconsin | 45 | #138 | #213 |
| Kentucky | 40 | #140 | #260 |
| Pennsylvania | 90 | #141 | #164 |
| Virginia | 64 | #141 | #180 |
| New York | 137 | #142 | #178 |
| North Carolina | 89 | #142 | #258 |
| Texas | 267 | #144 | #240 |
| Connecticut | 25 | #148 | #149 |
| Tennessee | 64 | #151 | #289 |
| Minnesota | 43 | #151 | #272 |
| Maryland | 38 | #153 | #256 |
| Louisiana | 33 | #155 | #266 |
| Massachusetts | 42 | #161 | #225 |
| Alabama | 33 | #174 | #346 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #177 | — |
| Florida | 114 | #192 | #211 |
| Georgia | 61 | #201 | #286 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #276 | #260 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #341 | #294 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,626 | 2,876 | #125 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,868 | 2,549 | #142 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,773 | 2,289 | #159 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,265 | #164 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,485 | 2,352 | #166 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,706 | 2,165 | #176 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,220 | #174 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,667 | 2,257 | #172 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,083 | #187 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,058 | 1,966 | #205 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,950 | #204 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,053 | 1,711 | #222 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,512 | #240 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,380 | #260 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,314 | 1,235 | #284 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,183 | #286 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,061 | #304 |
| 2008 | — | — | 951 | #344 |
| 2007 | — | — | 906 | #351 |
| 2006 | — | — | 779 | #384 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,120 | 756 | #383 |
| 2004 | — | — | 746 | #372 |
| 2003 | — | — | 685 | #383 |
| 2002 | — | — | 711 | #371 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,958 | 744 | #356 |
| 2000 | — | — | 696 | #376 |
| 1999 | — | — | 716 | #365 |
| 1998 | — | — | 770 | #346 |
| 1997 | — | — | 804 | #325 |
| 1996 | — | — | 843 | #312 |
| 1995 | — | — | 769 | #333 |
| 1994 | — | — | 835 | #312 |
| 1993 | — | — | 835 | #317 |
| 1992 | — | — | 836 | #315 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,534 | 820 | #315 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,490 | 894 | #286 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,949 | 891 | #278 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,515 | 863 | #271 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,154 | 821 | #266 |
| 1986 | — | — | 839 | #263 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,061 | 801 | #267 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,553 | 762 | #275 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,939 | 746 | #277 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,020 | 768 | #272 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,568 | 751 | #276 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,037 | 817 | #267 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,259 | 847 | #250 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,050 | 772 | #263 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,464 | 868 | #239 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,682 | 888 | #229 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,986 | 1,025 | #211 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,080 | 1,220 | #184 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,667 | 1,410 | #168 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,934 | 1,682 | #156 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,543 | 2,245 | #137 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,408 | 2,941 | #112 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,492 | 3,445 | #89 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,645 | 3,799 | #78 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,045 | 3,914 | #78 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,893 | 4,041 | #84 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,308 | 4,096 | #88 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,258 | 4,510 | #85 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,380 | 4,616 | #86 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,553 | 4,655 | #86 |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,007 | 4,933 | #84 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,896 | 4,518 | #94 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,030 | 4,425 | #95 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,222 | 4,302 | #97 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,931 | 4,387 | #93 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,802 | 3,712 | #99 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,889 | 3,084 | #111 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,195 | 3,166 | #110 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,510 | 3,124 | #105 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,036 | 3,155 | #103 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,929 | 2,892 | #105 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,582 | 2,337 | #120 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,411 | 2,102 | #129 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,475 | 1,909 | #143 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,466 | 2,002 | #140 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,400 | 1,886 | #132 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,175 | 1,585 | #136 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,319 | 1,574 | #134 |
| 1943 | 49 | #1,156 | 1,502 | #142 |
| 1942 | 56 | #1,051 | 1,285 | #151 |
| 1941 | 50 | #1,033 | 1,288 | #143 |
| 1940 | 47 | #1,047 | 1,223 | #143 |
| 1939 | 44 | #1,082 | 1,296 | #134 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,019 | 1,339 | #129 |
| 1937 | 51 | #982 | 1,314 | #127 |
| 1936 | 56 | #912 | 1,332 | #125 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,006 | 1,435 | #120 |
| 1934 | 55 | #925 | 1,476 | #118 |
| 1933 | 61 | #858 | 1,310 | #128 |
| 1932 | 79 | #763 | 1,416 | #123 |
| 1931 | 55 | #931 | 1,346 | #127 |
| 1930 | 63 | #918 | 1,365 | #129 |
| 1929 | 70 | #850 | 1,287 | #133 |
| 1928 | 60 | #962 | 1,287 | #136 |
| 1927 | 69 | #898 | 1,332 | #133 |
| 1926 | 53 | #1,023 | 1,245 | #139 |
| 1925 | 57 | #992 | 1,195 | #140 |
| 1924 | 53 | #1,071 | 1,151 | #144 |
| 1923 | 57 | #995 | 1,011 | #153 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,091 | 983 | #158 |
| 1921 | 51 | #1,060 | 876 | #168 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,090 | 788 | #180 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,199 | 722 | #181 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,076 | 668 | #189 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,081 | 559 | #203 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,192 | 504 | #215 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,079 | 453 | #225 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,556 | 337 | #231 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,058 | 224 | #253 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,875 | 198 | #252 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,184 | 94 | #268 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,353 | 53 | #347 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,116 | 44 | #355 |
| 1908 | 18 | #948 | 43 | #346 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,529 | 41 | #333 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,022 | 38 | #335 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,573 | 42 | #311 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,286 | 28 | #391 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,041 | 27 | #371 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,347 | 40 | #302 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,525 | 32 | #314 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,066 | 46 | #308 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,448 | 25 | #365 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,546 | 28 | #365 |
| 1897 | — | — | 40 | #285 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,453 | 17 | #507 |
| 1895 | 12 | #942 | 20 | #441 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,159 | 28 | #340 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,314 | 15 | #482 |
| 1892 | — | — | 23 | #396 |
| 1891 | — | — | 26 | #334 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,024 | 25 | #352 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,327 | 21 | #390 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,331 | 12 | #584 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #643 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #478 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #614 |
| 1884 | 6 | #949 | 13 | #529 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #535 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #663 |
| 1881 | — | — | 17 | #420 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #488 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).