De**
#4,050 most common boys' name of all time · #9,915 across all names · 52% male / 48% female · used 1914–2011 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,050
Rank overall
#9,915 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,322
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1992 #1,809
Best rank
#1,809 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 64/yr
De first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,705 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,897 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,514 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,165 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,847 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,302 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #4,536 |
| 2001 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #3,859 |
| 2000 | 19 | 41 | 60 | #2,339 |
| 1999 | 19 | 35 | 54 | #2,522 |
| 1998 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #2,799 |
| 1997 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #2,772 |
| 1996 | 12 | 37 | 49 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #2,567 |
| 1994 | 17 | 41 | 58 | #2,024 |
| 1993 | 17 | 37 | 54 | #2,132 |
| 1992 | 18 | 46 | 64 | #1,809 |
| 1991 | 17 | 32 | 49 | #2,251 |
| 1990 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #2,512 |
| 1989 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,240 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,311 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,072 |
| 1985 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #2,755 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #4,593 |
| 1982 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #4,689 |
| 1981 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,468 |
| 1980 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,685 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,680 |
| 1977 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,049 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,654 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #4,597 |
| 1971 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #4,111 |
| 1970 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #4,384 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1968 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,350 |
| 1967 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #4,176 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1965 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1962 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 1961 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #4,295 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1959 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1958 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1957 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #3,766 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #3,813 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1939 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,753 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,601 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,563 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,644 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,522 |
| 1918 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,450 |
| 1917 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,567 |