Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dean

#191 most common boys' name of all time · #399 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#191
Rank overall
#399 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
195,844
Since 2016
23,068
Peak year
1961 #84
Best rank
#78 1967
Girls Boys peak 4,967/yr
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Dean is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 2,876 2,882 #125
2024 5 2,549 2,554 #142
2023 5 2,289 2,294 #159
2022 — 2,265 2,265 #164
2021 9 2,352 2,361 #166
2020 5 2,165 2,170 #176
2019 — 2,220 2,220 #174
2018 8 2,257 2,265 #172
2017 — 2,083 2,083 #187
2016 8 1,966 1,974 #205
2015 — 1,950 1,950 #204
2014 6 1,711 1,717 #222
2013 — 1,512 1,512 #240
2012 — 1,380 1,380 #260
2011 6 1,235 1,241 #284
2010 — 1,183 1,183 #286
2009 — 1,061 1,061 #304
2008 — 951 951 #343
2007 — 906 906 #351
2006 — 779 779 #384
2005 8 756 764 #384
2004 — 746 746 #372
2003 — 685 685 #382
2002 — 711 711 #371
2001 5 744 749 #356
2000 — 696 696 #377
1999 — 716 716 #365
1998 — 770 770 #346
1997 — 804 804 #326
1996 — 843 843 #312
1995 — 769 769 #333
1994 — 835 835 #312
1993 — 835 835 #317
1992 — 836 836 #315
1991 11 820 831 #315
1990 5 894 899 #286
1989 7 891 898 #278
1988 7 863 870 #271
1987 6 821 827 #266
1986 — 839 839 #263
1985 5 801 806 #267
1984 8 762 770 #275
1983 14 746 760 #277
1982 11 768 779 #272
1981 8 751 759 #276
1980 14 817 831 #267
1979 6 847 853 #251
1978 10 772 782 #263
1977 9 868 877 #239
1976 10 888 898 #229
1975 16 1,025 1,041 #210
1974 15 1,220 1,235 #184
1973 17 1,410 1,427 #168
1972 15 1,682 1,697 #156
1971 18 2,245 2,263 #137
1970 31 2,941 2,972 #112
1969 16 3,445 3,461 #89
1968 23 3,799 3,822 #78
1967 33 3,914 3,947 #78
1966 37 4,041 4,078 #84
1965 27 4,096 4,123 #88
1964 29 4,510 4,539 #85
1963 26 4,616 4,642 #86
1962 23 4,655 4,678 #86
1961 34 4,933 4,967 #84
1960 36 4,518 4,554 #94
1959 31 4,425 4,456 #95
1958 26 4,302 4,328 #97
1957 32 4,387 4,419 #93
1956 35 3,712 3,747 #99
1955 32 3,084 3,116 #111
1954 24 3,166 3,190 #110
1953 42 3,124 3,166 #105
1952 25 3,155 3,180 #103
1951 26 2,892 2,918 #105
1950 35 2,337 2,372 #120
1949 43 2,102 2,145 #129
1948 39 1,909 1,948 #143
1947 41 2,002 2,043 #140
1946 39 1,886 1,925 #132
1945 45 1,585 1,630 #136
1944 37 1,574 1,611 #134
1943 49 1,502 1,551 #142
1942 56 1,285 1,341 #151
1941 50 1,288 1,338 #143
1940 47 1,223 1,270 #143
1939 44 1,296 1,340 #134
1938 49 1,339 1,388 #129
1937 51 1,314 1,365 #127
1936 56 1,332 1,388 #125
1935 47 1,435 1,482 #120
1934 55 1,476 1,531 #118
1933 61 1,310 1,371 #129
1932 79 1,416 1,495 #123
1931 55 1,346 1,401 #127
1930 63 1,365 1,428 #129
1929 70 1,287 1,357 #133
1928 60 1,287 1,347 #136
1927 69 1,332 1,401 #133
1926 53 1,245 1,298 #139
1925 57 1,195 1,252 #140
1924 53 1,151 1,204 #144
1923 57 1,011 1,068 #153
1922 49 983 1,032 #158
1921 51 876 927 #168
1920 47 788 835 #180
1919 39 722 761 #181
1918 46 668 714 #189
1917 43 559 602 #203
1916 36 504 540 #215
1915 39 453 492 #225
1914 18 337 355 #231
1913 10 224 234 #254
1912 10 198 208 #252
1911 15 94 109 #269
1910 12 53 65 #351
1909 14 44 58 #356
1908 18 43 61 #348
1907 8 41 49 #338
1906 5 38 43 #339
1905 7 42 49 #313
1904 9 28 37 #392
1903 12 27 39 #377
1902 8 40 48 #306
1901 6 32 38 #316
1900 13 46 59 #309
1899 6 25 31 #371
1898 6 28 34 #372
1897 — 40 40 #287
1896 6 17 23 #508
1895 12 20 32 #445
1894 8 28 36 #344
1893 6 15 21 #486
1892 — 23 23 #399
1891 — 26 26 #339
1890 8 25 33 #356
1889 5 21 26 #399
1888 5 12 17 #591
1887 — 9 9 #642
1886 — 15 15 #480
1885 — 10 10 #611
1884 6 13 19 #528
1883 — 12 12 #534
1882 — 9 9 #657
1881 — 17 17 #426
1880 — 14 14 #489