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

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Peak · boys
1934 · 59 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,758
since 1912

Deane over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,278, 1892peak #808, 1934girlsboys
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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—#10,6956
2024—#12,3495
2023—#9,7637
2022—#12,3305
2021——
2020—#10,6056
2019——
2018—#12,1565
2017—#12,2465
2016—#10,7446
2015—#12,0865
2014——
2013—#9,6557
2012——
2011—#12,2875
2010—#10,7666
2009——
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2006—#10,6626
2005——
2004—#8,9277
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1999—#7,8747
1998—#8,4796
1997—#7,2817
1996#13,5185#7,9716
1995#10,5147#7,7926
1994—#5,45210
1993—#4,44713
1992—#5,23610
1991#10,2717#4,76011
1990—#3,46717
1989—#5,1659
1988#10,3866#7,2705
1987#8,7787#6,0896
1986#9,5456#3,88211
1985#9,3076#5,1477
1984#8,1537#5,5616
1983#7,3128#4,4998
1982#10,5175#3,10814
1981#6,32310#4,1539
1980#9,0956#3,83810
1979#4,62615#5,3556
1978#7,6497#2,56817
1977#9,6525#3,38611
1976#7,2967#3,47110
1975#4,85412#2,63715
1974#4,45913#2,12920
1973#7,4356#2,40516
1972#3,71416#1,81924
1971#5,13610#1,56031
1970#3,11021#1,46233
1969#2,70424#1,23141
1968#2,96919#1,31434
1967#2,86819#1,65222
1966#2,58622#1,23737
1965#2,53823#1,59524
1964#2,82520#1,43530
1963#2,61922#1,27937
1962#3,29315#1,42330
1961#3,06017#1,52128
1960#3,51213#1,55227
1959#3,10415#1,30236
1958#2,86217#1,17243
1957#2,82317#1,25039
1956#3,32113#1,29835
1955#2,34122#1,39630
1954#2,45020#1,43528
1953#2,51618#1,17040
1952#3,04013#1,08145
1951#1,74031#1,01748
1950#2,65215#1,06444
1949#1,80728#1,02946
1948#2,49116#1,16038
1947#1,86327#83669
1946#1,72327#1,07641
1945#2,33914#1,10335
1944#1,86721#99143
1943#1,79123#1,12037
1942#2,21416#1,16735
1941#2,27214#1,00441
1940#1,79220#1,01940
1939#2,41712#1,14132
1938#2,02116#1,09535
1937#1,91417#96742
1936#1,69120#88248
1935#2,00616#94045
1934#1,69720#80859
1933#1,55223#82157
1932#1,52025#87453
1931#1,87618#82558
1930#1,87519#91553
1929#1,55525#88856
1928#2,49713#90255
1927#2,09518#96452
1926#2,70812#87558
1925#2,01819#83264
1924#2,40915#93756
1923#1,63726#93054
1922#2,18617#1,02348
1921#2,04819#1,06943
1920#2,17217#1,20836
1919#1,60425#1,00945
1918#2,37614#1,25631
1917#2,31614#1,36226
1916#2,49812#1,09635
1915#1,88317#1,55320
1914#3,1886#1,86812
1913#1,60114#1,80310
1912#2,3607#1,61910
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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.

Where Deane is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #332 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,281 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedWIMichigan: #431 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,881 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedSDIowa: #270 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,931 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #516 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,316 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Deane, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#270 · 1 in 2,931
  2. Minnesota#332 · 1 in 4,281
  3. Michigan#431 · 1 in 7,881
  4. California#516 · 1 in 7,316

Best ever in a state: #174 in Maine, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#27071 in 2,931
Minnesota#33251 in 4,281
Michigan#43151 in 7,881
California#51651 in 7,316
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Deane
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s189#1,009 (1919)#1,446
1920s522#832 (1925)#963
1930s482#808 (1934)#927
1940s425#836 (1947)#1,051
1950s388#1,017 (1951)#1,219
1960s310#1,231 (1969)#1,424
1970s183#1,462 (1970)#2,679
1980s85#3,108 (1982)#4,871
1990s93#3,467 (1990)#6,276
2000s13#8,927 (2004)#9,795
2010s39#9,655 (2013)#11,420
2020s29#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.

Deane in 1925

girls
#2,018
19 births · 1 in 64,073 girls
boys
#832
64 births · 1 in 17,436 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #2,018Deane19

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #832Deane64
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 64,073 of them was named Deane, which outranked 65.0% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #1,946Willette20
  2. #1,946Willodene20
  3. #1,946Wyona20
  4. #2,018Deane19
  5. #2,018Aldora19
  6. #2,018Alethia19
  7. #2,018Aloha19
  8. #2,119Adelaida18
  9. #2,119Allison18
  10. #2,119Arlis18

Tied with 100 names at #2,018; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 17,436 of them was named Deane, which outranked 82.9% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deane
  1. #822Quinton65
  2. #822Ruby65
  3. #822Verl65
  4. #832Deane64
  5. #832Madison64
  6. #832Rowland64
  7. #835Angus63
  8. #835Archibald63
  9. #835General63

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →