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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,758since 1912
Deane over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #836 | 69 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #991 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | #967 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | #940 | 45 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 | #821 | 57 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | #825 | 58 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #915 | 53 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | #902 | 55 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #832 | 64 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #937 | 56 |
| 1923 | #1,637 | 26 | #930 | 54 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,208 | 36 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | #1,362 | 26 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 189 | #1,009 (1919) | #1,446 |
| 1920s | 522 | #832 (1925) | #963 |
| 1930s | 482 | #808 (1934) | #927 |
| 1940s | 425 | #836 (1947) | #1,051 |
| 1950s | 388 | #1,017 (1951) | #1,219 |
| 1960s | 310 | #1,231 (1969) | #1,424 |
| 1970s | 183 | #1,462 (1970) | #2,679 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,871 |
| 1990s | 93 | #3,467 (1990) | #6,276 |
| 2000s | 13 | #8,927 (2004) | #9,795 |
| 2010s | 39 | #9,655 (2013) | #11,420 |
| 2020s | 29 | #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.
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