Is Dean a boy or girl name?
Dean is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 5 girls and 2,545 boys were named Dean, so 0.2% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.5% of the 192,948 US babies named Dean were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #142
- Girl rank, 2024
- #15,817
- Babies named Dean since 1880
- 192,948
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 4,965 babies
Boys and girls named Dean, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | 16 | 10.8% |
| 1890s | 247 | 52 | 17.4% |
| 1900s | 381 | 100 | 20.8% |
| 1910s | 3,812 | 268 | 6.6% |
| 1920s | 11,155 | 566 | 4.8% |
| 1930s | 13,629 | 560 | 3.9% |
| 1940s | 16,356 | 446 | 2.7% |
| 1950s | 34,587 | 308 | 0.9% |
| 1960s | 42,523 | 284 | 0.7% |
| 1970s | 13,899 | 147 | 1% |
| 1980s | 8,063 | 80 | 1% |
| 1990s | 8,122 | 16 | 0.2% |
| 2000s | 8,034 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 17,493 | 28 | 0.2% |
| 2020s | 11,607 | 24 | 0.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,545 | #142 | 5 | #15,817 |
| 2023 | 2,285 | #159 | 5 | #15,759 |
| 2022 | 2,263 | #164 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 2,350 | #166 | 9 | #10,477 |
| 2020 | 2,164 | #176 | 5 | #15,698 |
| 2019 | 2,220 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2,256 | #172 | 8 | #11,661 |
| 2017 | 2,081 | #188 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,966 | #205 | 8 | #12,057 |
| 2015 | 1,950 | #204 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1,711 | #222 | 6 | #15,050 |
| 2013 | 1,511 | #240 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1,380 | #260 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1,235 | #284 | 6 | #15,314 |
| 2010 | 1,183 | #286 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1,060 | #305 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 951 | #344 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 906 | #351 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 779 | #384 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 756 | #383 | 8 | #12,120 |
| 2004 | 746 | #372 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 685 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 711 | #371 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 744 | #356 | 5 | #15,957 |
| 2000 | 696 | #376 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 716 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 770 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 804 | #325 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 843 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 769 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 835 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 835 | #317 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 836 | #315 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 820 | #315 | 11 | #7,534 |
| 1990 | 894 | #286 | 5 | #13,491 |
| 1989 | 892 | #278 | 7 | #9,949 |
| 1988 | 863 | #271 | 7 | #9,514 |
| 1987 | 821 | #265 | 6 | #10,153 |
| 1986 | 839 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 802 | #267 | 5 | #11,061 |
| 1984 | 762 | #275 | 8 | #7,553 |
| 1983 | 747 | #277 | 14 | #4,939 |
| 1982 | 768 | #272 | 11 | #6,019 |
| 1981 | 751 | #276 | 8 | #7,568 |
| 1980 | 818 | #267 | 14 | #5,037 |
| 1979 | 846 | #251 | 6 | #9,259 |
| 1978 | 772 | #263 | 10 | #6,050 |
| 1977 | 868 | #239 | 9 | #6,464 |
| 1976 | 889 | #229 | 10 | #5,682 |
| 1975 | 1,025 | #210 | 16 | #3,985 |
| 1974 | 1,220 | #184 | 15 | #4,080 |
| 1973 | 1,410 | #168 | 17 | #3,666 |
| 1972 | 1,683 | #155 | 15 | #3,934 |
| 1971 | 2,245 | #137 | 18 | #3,542 |
| 1970 | 2,941 | #112 | 31 | #2,408 |
| 1969 | 3,444 | #89 | 16 | #3,493 |
| 1968 | 3,799 | #78 | 23 | #2,645 |
| 1967 | 3,915 | #78 | 33 | #2,045 |
| 1966 | 4,040 | #84 | 37 | #1,893 |
| 1965 | 4,098 | #88 | 27 | #2,308 |
| 1964 | 4,510 | #85 | 29 | #2,258 |
| 1963 | 4,614 | #86 | 26 | #2,381 |
| 1962 | 4,656 | #86 | 23 | #2,552 |
| 1961 | 4,931 | #84 | 34 | #2,007 |
| 1960 | 4,516 | #94 | 36 | #1,896 |
| 1959 | 4,426 | #95 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1958 | 4,304 | #97 | 26 | #2,222 |
| 1957 | 4,387 | #93 | 32 | #1,931 |
| 1956 | 3,712 | #99 | 35 | #1,802 |
| 1955 | 3,084 | #111 | 32 | #1,889 |
| 1954 | 3,166 | #110 | 24 | #2,195 |
| 1953 | 3,124 | #105 | 42 | #1,510 |
| 1952 | 3,156 | #103 | 25 | #2,036 |
| 1951 | 2,891 | #105 | 26 | #1,929 |
| 1950 | 2,337 | #120 | 35 | #1,582 |
| 1949 | 2,102 | #129 | 43 | #1,411 |
| 1948 | 1,909 | #143 | 39 | #1,475 |
| 1947 | 2,002 | #140 | 41 | #1,466 |
| 1946 | 1,886 | #132 | 39 | #1,399 |
| 1945 | 1,585 | #136 | 45 | #1,175 |
| 1944 | 1,574 | #134 | 37 | #1,320 |
| 1943 | 1,502 | #142 | 49 | #1,156 |
| 1942 | 1,285 | #151 | 56 | #1,051 |
| 1941 | 1,288 | #143 | 50 | #1,034 |
| 1940 | 1,223 | #143 | 47 | #1,047 |
| 1939 | 1,296 | #134 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1938 | 1,339 | #129 | 49 | #1,019 |
| 1937 | 1,314 | #127 | 51 | #982 |
| 1936 | 1,332 | #125 | 56 | #912 |
| 1935 | 1,435 | #120 | 47 | #1,006 |
| 1934 | 1,476 | #118 | 55 | #925 |
| 1933 | 1,310 | #128 | 61 | #858 |
| 1932 | 1,416 | #123 | 79 | #763 |
| 1931 | 1,346 | #127 | 55 | #931 |
| 1930 | 1,365 | #129 | 63 | #918 |
| 1929 | 1,287 | #133 | 70 | #850 |
| 1928 | 1,287 | #136 | 60 | #962 |
| 1927 | 1,332 | #133 | 69 | #898 |
| 1926 | 1,245 | #139 | 53 | #1,023 |
| 1925 | 1,195 | #140 | 57 | #992 |
| 1924 | 1,151 | #144 | 53 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 1,011 | #153 | 57 | #995 |
| 1922 | 983 | #158 | 49 | #1,091 |
| 1921 | 876 | #168 | 51 | #1,060 |
| 1920 | 788 | #180 | 47 | #1,090 |
| 1919 | 722 | #181 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1918 | 668 | #189 | 46 | #1,076 |
| 1917 | 559 | #203 | 43 | #1,081 |
| 1916 | 504 | #215 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1915 | 453 | #225 | 39 | #1,079 |
| 1914 | 337 | #231 | 18 | #1,556 |
| 1913 | 224 | #253 | 10 | #2,058 |
| 1912 | 198 | #252 | 10 | #1,875 |
| 1911 | 94 | #268 | 15 | #1,184 |
| 1910 | 53 | #347 | 12 | #1,353 |
| 1909 | 44 | #355 | 14 | #1,116 |
| 1908 | 43 | #346 | 18 | #948 |
| 1907 | 41 | #333 | 8 | #1,529 |
| 1906 | 38 | #335 | 5 | #2,022 |
| 1905 | 42 | #311 | 7 | #1,573 |
| 1904 | 28 | #391 | 9 | #1,286 |
| 1903 | 27 | #371 | 12 | #1,041 |
| 1902 | 40 | #302 | 8 | #1,347 |
| 1901 | 32 | #314 | 6 | #1,525 |
| 1900 | 46 | #308 | 13 | #1,066 |
| 1899 | 25 | #365 | 6 | #1,448 |
| 1898 | 28 | #365 | 6 | #1,546 |
| 1897 | 40 | #285 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 17 | #507 | 6 | #1,453 |
| 1895 | 20 | #441 | 12 | #942 |
| 1894 | 28 | #340 | 8 | #1,159 |
| 1893 | 15 | #482 | 6 | #1,314 |
| 1892 | 23 | #396 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 26 | #334 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 25 | #352 | 8 | #1,024 |
| 1889 | 21 | #390 | 5 | #1,327 |
| 1888 | 12 | #584 | 5 | #1,331 |
| 1887 | 9 | #643 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 15 | #478 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #614 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 13 | #529 | 6 | #949 |
| 1883 | 12 | #535 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 9 | #663 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 17 | #420 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 14 | #488 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Dean reached #78 in 1967. As a girl name, it reached #763 in 1932. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Dean
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.