Dede
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,613since 1933
Dede over time
Rank among girls' names. Dede has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
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| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 |
| 1968 | #1,855 | 41 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,344 | 70 |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 |
| 1962 | #1,212 | 83 |
| 1961 | #1,023 | 113 |
| 1960 | #1,212 | 81 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dede! It came in at #4,218, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dede is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#550 · 1 in 6,378
- Missouri#566 · 1 in 7,383
- Texas#711 · 1 in 7,451
- California#743 · 1 in 8,756
- Michigan#808 · 1 in 14,479
Best ever in a state: #550 in Kentucky, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #550 | 5 | 1 in 6,378 |
| Missouri | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,383 |
| Texas | #711 | 15 | 1 in 7,451 |
| California | #743 | 20 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Michigan | #808 | 6 | 1 in 14,479 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
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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 Dede
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1961 at #1,023 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,863 girls born in 1961 were named Dede (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 39.4% of all girls named Dede (635) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,282 |
| 1940s | 141 | #1,953 (1948) | #2,719 |
| 1950s | 456 | #1,230 (1959) | #1,560 |
| 1960s | 635 | #1,023 (1961) | #1,494 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,805 (1971) | #2,940 |
| 1980s | 50 | #4,963 (1981) | #8,140 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
| 2000s | 21 | #14,179 (2004) | #15,453 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
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.
Dede in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
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2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 17,863 of them was named Dede, which outranked 86.4% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,014Rhea114
- #1,014Scarlett114
- #1,014Thea114
- #1,023Dede113
- #1,023Corine113
- #1,023Eula113
- #1,023Moira113
- #1,031Adrian112
- #1,031Charisse112
- #1,031Joseph112
Tied with 7 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.