The name Dean is of English origin, and means valley.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dean has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dean
Use of the Name Dean for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
156,243
95,956
19,700
7,453
3,562
1,416
734
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dean has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dean
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
488
14
979
4
1881
401
18
1882
663
9
1883
535
12
1884
529
13
949
6
1885
585
11
1886
478
15
1887
643
9
1888
584
12
1889
390
21
1890
352
25
1891
334
26
1892
396
23
1893
482
15
1894
341
28
1895
441
20
942
12
1896
507
17
1897
284
41
1898
365
28
1899
365
25
1900
307
47
1901
314
32
1902
302
40
1903
371
27
1904
391
28
1905
311
42
1906
336
38
1907
341
40
1908
346
43
947
18
1909
354
44
1910
346
53
1911
270
93
1912
252
198
1913
252
224
1914
232
336
1915
225
454
1916
215
505
1917
203
559
1918
189
668
1919
181
720
1920
180
791
1921
169
873
1922
157
983
1923
152
1,015
993
57
1924
145
1,146
1925
140
1,194
990
57
1926
139
1,248
1927
133
1,330
891
70
1928
136
1,285
956
61
1929
132
1,286
850
70
1930
129
1,356
911
64
1931
127
1,341
934
55
1932
123
1,412
760
79
1933
128
1,309
860
61
1934
118
1,477
939
54
1935
120
1,435
1936
125
1,330
911
56
1937
127
1,313
984
51
1938
129
1,339
1939
134
1,295
1940
143
1,219
1941
143
1,293
1942
153
1,281
1943
142
1,502
1944
133
1,574
1945
139
1,573
1946
132
1,880
1947
140
1,989
1948
143
1,907
1949
129
2,102
1950
120
2,336
1951
105
2,883
1952
103
3,146
1953
105
3,106
1954
109
3,165
1955
111
3,080
1956
99
3,715
1957
93
4,366
1958
97
4,282
1959
95
4,433
1960
94
4,508
1961
84
4,924
1962
86
4,656
1963
86
4,612
1964
85
4,508
1965
88
4,091
1966
84
4,041
1967
78
3,915
1968
78
3,798
1969
89
3,448
1970
112
2,936
1971
137
2,240
1972
155
1,682
1973
168
1,411
1974
184
1,221
1975
210
1,024
1976
229
886
1977
239
868
1978
263
766
1979
250
845
1980
267
816
1981
279
740
1982
272
769
1983
277
746
1984
275
759
1985
266
800
1986
264
837
1987
264
819
1988
271
856
1989
276
892
1990
286
893
1991
314
819
1992
315
836
1993
317
834
1994
314
831
1995
333
766
1996
312
842
1997
326
802
1998
346
768
1999
365
713
2000
376
694
2001
355
741
2002
372
711
2003
381
682
2004
374
734
Totals:
156,243
775
During the last 125 years, parents have used Dean as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.