Dedan

Boy · recorded 1971–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dedan.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

03519711983199520062018

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 7 recorded years as a table
Dedan, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19713
19724
19765
19793
20023
20082
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dedan isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
5
Rank in 2018
#12,156
How rare
1 in 363,231 boys
Since 1971
40

Dedan was last recorded in 2018. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dedan doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.