Dea
- #5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
- Given to girls 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1901 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,825since 1901
Dea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dea has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1901
The first year at least five girls were named Dea! It came in at #1,679, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dea is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dea
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 3,992 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1901 at #1,679 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,697
- Highest: 1 in 40,697 girls born in 1976 were named Dea (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,679 in 1901, was only 1 in 47,869 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 18.6% of all girls named Dea (340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,679 (1901) | #1,679 |
| 1910s | 43 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,744 |
| 1920s | 47 | #3,379 (1922) | #4,120 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 133 | #2,190 (1941) | #2,710 |
| 1950s | 249 | #1,681 (1957) | #2,233 |
| 1960s | 340 | #1,715 (1963) | #2,053 |
| 1970s | 273 | #2,292 (1976) | #2,851 |
| 1980s | 164 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,020 |
| 1990s | 71 | #6,836 (1999) | #9,395 |
| 2000s | 176 | #5,895 (2007) | #6,733 |
| 2010s | 187 | #5,163 (2019) | #6,847 |
| 2020s | 99 | #5,554 (2025) | #7,071 |
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.
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