Dea is a rare variant of Dee that peaked in 1963 and has grown less common since.
Dea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,596 for girl births in the United States (and #9,718 across all names), given to 22 babies. Dea was first reported in SSA data in 1901 and peaked in 1963 (45 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #5,596 | — |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #6,461 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #6,735 | — |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | #6,275 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #8,146 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #9,736 | — |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | #5,199 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,320 | — |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #10,912 | — |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 | #5,670 | — |
| 2015 | 23 | 23 | #5,704 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,842 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #8,246 | — |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | #7,226 | — |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | #7,199 | — |
| 2010 | 18 | 18 | #6,987 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #6,880 | — |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #6,872 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #5,949 | — |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #6,935 | — |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | #6,341 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,493 | — |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,669 | — |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #6,209 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #6,699 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,164 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,917 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #10,029 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #10,854 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #8,947 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,287 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #14,033 | — |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #7,533 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #10,491 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,209 | — |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #6,761 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #6,920 | — |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,586 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,429 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,757 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #3,978 | — |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #3,808 | — |
| 1981 | 20 | — | #3,890 | — |
| 1980 | 28 | — | #3,528 | #6,464 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,685 | — |
| 1978 | 31 | — | #2,697 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,622 | — |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,301 | — |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #2,695 | — |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #3,588 | — |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #4,023 | — |
| 1972 | 32 | — | #2,321 | — |
| 1971 | 25 | — | #2,814 | — |
| 1970 | 23 | — | #2,952 | — |
| 1969 | 30 | — | #2,362 | — |
| 1968 | 27 | — | #2,377 | — |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #2,087 | — |
| 1966 | 37 | — | #1,892 | — |
| 1965 | 31 | — | #2,120 | — |
| 1964 | 42 | — | #1,806 | — |
| 1963 | 45 | — | #1,719 | — |
| 1962 | 28 | — | #2,272 | — |
| 1961 | 38 | — | #1,874 | — |
| 1960 | 30 | — | #2,110 | — |
| 1959 | 36 | — | #1,855 | — |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #2,683 | — |
| 1957 | 41 | — | #1,686 | — |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,551 | — |
| 1955 | 31 | — | #1,917 | — |
| 1954 | 20 | — | #2,463 | — |
| 1953 | 28 | — | #1,938 | — |
| 1952 | 22 | — | #2,217 | — |
| 1951 | 16 | — | #2,604 | — |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #2,574 | — |
| 1949 | 20 | — | #2,226 | — |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #2,514 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,506 | — |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #2,245 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,749 | — |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,653 | — |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #2,365 | — |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,698 | — |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #2,203 | — |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,275 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,936 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,597 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,355 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,338 | — |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,282 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,724 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,495 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | — | — | #3,837 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,246 | — |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #4,067 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,438 | — |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #4,115 | #3,963 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,511 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,374 | — |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,301 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,210 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,630 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,439 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,745 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,291 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,740 | — |