Dee
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #13,483 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 68.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 609 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,830since 1880
Dee over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #1,807 | 60 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #1,445 | 84 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #1,363 | 92 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,431 | 85 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #1,374 | 85 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #1,160 | 107 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #998 | 122 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #924 | 136 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #795 | 165 | #1,312 | 40 |
| 1972 | #730 | 192 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #629 | 264 | #1,081 | 57 |
| 1970 | #572 | 313 | #1,207 | 47 |
| 1969 | #502 | 374 | #1,252 | 40 |
| 1968 | #543 | 314 | #1,183 | 41 |
| 1967 | #497 | 371 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1966 | #470 | 405 | #1,027 | 50 |
| 1965 | #432 | 474 | #843 | 76 |
| 1964 | #410 | 567 | #901 | 71 |
| 1963 | #399 | 577 | #790 | 93 |
| 1962 | #381 | 609 | #832 | 83 |
| 1961 | #387 | 623 | #852 | 81 |
| 1960 | #433 | 512 | #760 | 102 |
| 1959 | #421 | 507 | #875 | 76 |
| 1958 | #407 | 519 | #815 | 85 |
| 1957 | #430 | 479 | #762 | 97 |
| 1956 | #422 | 467 | #796 | 87 |
| 1955 | #409 | 462 | #732 | 99 |
| 1954 | #424 | 423 | #727 | 98 |
| 1953 | #428 | 413 | #654 | 118 |
| 1952 | #432 | 393 | #668 | 108 |
| 1951 | #446 | 342 | #682 | 104 |
| 1950 | #448 | 322 | #741 | 86 |
| 1949 | #463 | 301 | #669 | 106 |
| 1948 | #470 | 293 | #658 | 106 |
| 1947 | #431 | 356 | #624 | 120 |
| 1946 | #465 | 283 | #630 | 104 |
| 1945 | #445 | 255 | #761 | 65 |
| 1944 | #461 | 242 | #642 | 92 |
| 1943 | #522 | 206 | #655 | 95 |
| 1942 | #477 | 237 | #693 | 86 |
| 1941 | #493 | 199 | #624 | 94 |
| 1940 | #518 | 175 | #597 | 99 |
| 1939 | #526 | 159 | #574 | 99 |
| 1938 | #550 | 153 | #537 | 118 |
| 1937 | #615 | 120 | #588 | 96 |
| 1936 | #810 | 69 | #577 | 100 |
| 1935 | #849 | 66 | #566 | 104 |
| 1934 | #831 | 67 | #560 | 111 |
| 1933 | #851 | 62 | #582 | 99 |
| 1932 | #905 | 60 | #590 | 100 |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 | #605 | 95 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 | #662 | 88 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 | #571 | 109 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | #694 | 83 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 | #631 | 99 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 | #549 | 125 |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 | #589 | 116 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | #582 | 116 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | #574 | 123 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 | #576 | 120 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | #640 | 97 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | #531 | 125 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 | #575 | 112 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #557 | 111 |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 | #507 | 120 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 | #622 | 66 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | #579 | 57 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | #497 | 64 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #461 | 40 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | #461 | 35 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | #419 | 35 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | #385 | 34 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | #335 | 38 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #337 | 36 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | #466 | 21 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | #393 | 25 |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | #487 | 16 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #375 | 35 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #336 | 28 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #350 | 30 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #375 | 25 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #400 | 24 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 | #326 | 32 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | #387 | 23 |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | #323 | 29 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | #274 | 43 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #411 | 18 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #415 | 19 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | #360 | 24 |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 | #302 | 35 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | #254 | 39 |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | #332 | 26 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | #318 | 28 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | #336 | 27 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | #359 | 22 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 | #370 | 23 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | #276 | 32 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | #381 | 20 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dee was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dee is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#1,216 · 1 in 13,167
- California#2,083 · 1 in 29,671
Best ever in a state: #102 in Idaho, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,216 | 10 | 1 in 13,167 |
| California | #2,083 | 7 | 1 in 29,671 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| 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 Dee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 453 spots in 1906 (#1,298 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 586 spots in 1894 (#767 → #1,353)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1962 at #381 (609 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1932–1975
- Highest: 1 in 3,229 girls born in 1962 were named Dee (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 251,579 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Dee (4,826) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | #530 (1882) | #765 |
| 1890s | 86 | #767 (1893) | #1,138 |
| 1900s | 126 | #795 (1901) | #1,032 |
| 1910s | 302 | #1,005 (1918) | #1,146 |
| 1920s | 401 | #1,119 (1929) | #1,224 |
| 1930s | 836 | #526 (1939) | #827 |
| 1940s | 2,547 | #431 (1947) | #475 |
| 1950s | 4,327 | #407 (1958) | #427 |
| 1960s | 4,826 | #381 (1962) | #445 |
| 1970s | 1,585 | #572 (1970) | #967 |
| 1980s | 509 | #1,363 (1980) | #2,368 |
| 1990s | 158 | #4,016 (1994) | #6,014 |
| 2000s | 29 | #8,758 (2001) | #12,831 |
| 2010s | 12 | #13,483 (2012) | #15,238 |
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.
Dee in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 35,011 of them was named Dee, which outranked 83.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,116Sharelle50
- #2,116Taneka50
- #2,116Yasmeen50
- #2,148Dee49
- #2,148Britnie49
- #2,148Cecily49
- #2,148Deja49
- #2,170Allegra48
- #2,170Alyssia48
- #2,170Ashia48
Tied with 21 names at #2,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 73,661 of them was named Dee, which outranked 71.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,161Webster26
- #2,161Yusef26
- #2,161Zacharias26
- #2,226Dee25
- #2,226Alison25
- #2,226Ameer25
- #2,226Arman25
- #2,290Alastair24
- #2,290Allyn24
- #2,290Anil24
Tied with 63 names at #2,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.