Dee

Boy · recorded 1880–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1887best year

Most popular in 1887.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

019338518801916195119872022

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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 140 recorded years as a table
Dee, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880181
1881318
1882202
1883210
1884236
1885260
1886235
1887385
1888290
1889217
1890171
1891178
1892352
1893258
1894199
1895273
1896201
1897222
1898245
1899264
1900233
1901150
1902212
1903210
1904164
1905272
1906285
1907232
1908233
1909213
1910180
1911177
1912149
1913111
1914101
1915141
191699
1917120
1918111
1919128
192091
1921109
1922113
1923106
1924102
1925112
192689
192791
192875
1929101
193080
193191
193296
1933100
1934107
1935100
193696
193790
1938106
193989
194085
194177
194262
194367
194468
194548
194664
194766
194860
194960
195048
195155
195256
195360
195448
195548
195641
195745
195840
195936
196048
196138
196240
196346
196436
196541
196628
196726
196824
196922
197025
197132
197221
197326
197424
197520
197620
197721
197823
197916
198017
198115
198215
198312
198414
198510
198614
19876
19888
19897
19908
19918
19926
19937
19948
19956
19969
19976
19983
19995
20007
20015
20025
20035
20043
20057
20066
20074
20083
20103
20114
20126
20137
20143
20153
20163
20183
20195
20203
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dee 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#12,330
How rare
1 in 349,201 boys
Since 1880
7,269

Dee was last recorded in 2022. 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 1887, at 385 per million boys born.

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

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