NameTides

Dean

Dean was the #125 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,876 babies), and #782 in England & Wales and #231 in Canada.

Dean as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Dean as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Dean as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#125 (2,876)#782 (42)#495 (6)#344 (4)#432 (8)#231 (148)—
2024#142 (2,549)#651 (57)#727 (3)—#394 (9)#280 (117)—
2023#159 (2,289)#728 (46)#533 (5)#348 (4)#436 (8)#240 (132)—
2022#164 (2,265)#585 (64)#363 (9)#414 (3)#276 (17)#258 (127)—
2021#166 (2,352)#592 (64)#401 (8)#326 (5)#232 (21)#233 (150)—
2020#176 (2,165)#656 (52)#324 (11)#334 (4)#324 (13)#241 (140)—
2019#174 (2,220)#610 (60)#320 (11)—#208 (25)#289 (115)—
2018#172 (2,257)#675 (51)#232 (19)#416 (3)#205 (27)#255 (137)—
2017#187 (2,083)#537 (72)#250 (18)—#175 (34)#290 (122)—
2016#205 (1,966)#515 (78)#290 (14)—#209 (27)#285 (125)—
2015#204 (1,950)#423 (97)#224 (21)#415 (3)#149 (42)#252 (141)—
2014#221 (1,711)#457 (86)#180 (32)#228 (9)#157 (42)#323 (103)—
2013#240 (1,512)#429 (96)#269 (15)#244 (7)#161 (40)#292 (112)—
2012#260 (1,380)#378 (111)#252 (17)#231 (8)#114 (62)#301 (107)—
2011#284 (1,235)#341 (127)#165 (34)#183 (13)#128 (54)#292 (106)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1961 at #84.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 590 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 590common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dean is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 590 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 520 to 1 in 670.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dean by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #74NHWashington: #95WAIdaho: #71IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #149MNIllinois: #96ILMichigan: #128MINew York: #142NYMassachusetts: #161MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #86NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #30SDIowa: #108IAIndiana: #108INOhio: #90OHPennsylvania: #140PANew Jersey: #95NJConnecticut: #147CTRhode Island: #112RICalifornia: #131CAUtah: #58UTColorado: #107CONebraska: #69NEMissouri: #65MOKentucky: #140KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #141VAMaryland: #153MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #106AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #72KSArkansas: #104ARTennessee: #149TNNorth Carolina: #141NCSouth Carolina: #275SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #123OKLouisiana: #154LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #173ALGeorgia: #200GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #143TXFlorida: #191FL
Dean (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#18075
Quebec2025#38512

Dean (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeanCanadaBoys#231148
DeanEngland & WalesBoys#78242
DeanIrelandBoys#4328
DeanNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
DeanNSWBoys—too few
DeanScotlandBoys#4956
DeanUSGirls#13,2086
DeanUSBoys#1252,876