Dean is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #220 for boy births in the United States, given to 2,882 babies. Dean first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1961 (4,967 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,882 | #220 |
| 2024 | 2,554 | #259 |
| 2023 | 2,294 | #294 |
| 2022 | 2,265 | #300 |
| 2021 | 2,361 | #295 |
| 2020 | 2,170 | #316 |
| 2019 | 2,220 | #311 |
| 2018 | 2,265 | #318 |
| 2017 | 2,083 | #343 |
| 2016 | 1,974 | #372 |
| 2015 | 1,950 | #381 |
| 2014 | 1,717 | #423 |
| 2013 | 1,512 | #458 |
| 2012 | 1,380 | #497 |
| 2011 | 1,241 | #551 |
| 2010 | 1,183 | #574 |
| 2009 | 1,061 | #618 |
| 2008 | 951 | #697 |
| 2007 | 906 | #717 |
| 2006 | 779 | #800 |
| 2005 | 764 | #791 |
| 2004 | 746 | #787 |
| 2003 | 685 | #816 |
| 2002 | 711 | #774 |
| 2001 | 749 | #744 |
| 2000 | 696 | #781 |
| 1999 | 716 | #745 |
| 1998 | 770 | #707 |
| 1997 | 804 | #674 |
| 1996 | 843 | #644 |
| 1995 | 769 | #676 |
| 1994 | 835 | #639 |
| 1993 | 835 | #635 |
| 1992 | 836 | #641 |
| 1991 | 831 | #632 |
| 1990 | 899 | #594 |
| 1989 | 898 | #575 |
| 1988 | 870 | #559 |
| 1987 | 827 | #566 |
| 1986 | 839 | #557 |
| 1985 | 806 | #574 |
| 1984 | 770 | #586 |
| 1983 | 760 | #585 |
| 1982 | 779 | #592 |
| 1981 | 759 | #593 |
| 1980 | 831 | #569 |
| 1979 | 853 | #540 |
| 1978 | 782 | #558 |
| 1977 | 877 | #513 |
| 1976 | 898 | #495 |
| 1975 | 1,041 | #447 |
| 1974 | 1,235 | #389 |
| 1973 | 1,427 | #352 |
| 1972 | 1,697 | #327 |
| 1971 | 2,263 | #279 |
| 1970 | 2,972 | #240 |
| 1969 | 3,461 | #200 |
| 1968 | 3,822 | #171 |
| 1967 | 3,947 | #166 |
| 1966 | 4,078 | #172 |
| 1965 | 4,123 | #179 |
| 1964 | 4,539 | #181 |
| 1963 | 4,642 | #179 |
| 1962 | 4,678 | #186 |
| 1961 | 4,967 | #181 |
| 1960 | 4,554 | #200 |
| 1959 | 4,456 | #203 |
| 1958 | 4,328 | #208 |
| 1957 | 4,419 | #199 |
| 1956 | 3,747 | #220 |
| 1955 | 3,116 | #246 |
| 1954 | 3,190 | #237 |
| 1953 | 3,166 | #227 |
| 1952 | 3,180 | #219 |
| 1951 | 2,918 | #229 |
| 1950 | 2,372 | #256 |
| 1949 | 2,145 | #275 |
| 1948 | 1,948 | #290 |
| 1947 | 2,043 | #286 |
| 1946 | 1,925 | #279 |
| 1945 | 1,630 | #281 |
| 1944 | 1,611 | #287 |
| 1943 | 1,551 | #302 |
| 1942 | 1,341 | #320 |
| 1941 | 1,338 | #308 |
| 1940 | 1,270 | #307 |
| 1939 | 1,340 | #296 |
| 1938 | 1,388 | #288 |
| 1937 | 1,365 | #280 |
| 1936 | 1,388 | #275 |
| 1935 | 1,482 | #262 |
| 1934 | 1,531 | #254 |
| 1933 | 1,371 | #267 |
| 1932 | 1,495 | #259 |
| 1931 | 1,401 | #267 |
| 1930 | 1,428 | #274 |
| 1929 | 1,357 | #282 |
| 1928 | 1,347 | #290 |
| 1927 | 1,401 | #288 |
| 1926 | 1,298 | #304 |
| 1925 | 1,252 | #311 |
| 1924 | 1,204 | #325 |
| 1923 | 1,068 | #343 |
| 1922 | 1,032 | #349 |
| 1921 | 927 | #374 |
| 1920 | 835 | #398 |
| 1919 | 761 | #401 |
| 1918 | 714 | #428 |
| 1917 | 602 | #449 |
| 1916 | 540 | #469 |
| 1915 | 492 | #481 |
| 1914 | 355 | #501 |
| 1913 | 234 | #560 |
| 1912 | 208 | #563 |
| 1911 | 109 | #638 |
| 1910 | 65 | #813 |
| 1909 | 58 | #788 |
| 1908 | 61 | #741 |
| 1907 | 49 | #808 |
| 1906 | 43 | #849 |
| 1905 | 49 | #764 |
| 1904 | 37 | #885 |
| 1903 | 39 | #816 |
| 1902 | 48 | #725 |
| 1901 | 38 | #770 |
| 1900 | 59 | #697 |
| 1899 | 31 | #859 |
| 1898 | 34 | #877 |
| 1897 | 40 | #742 |
| 1896 | 23 | #1,066 |
| 1895 | 32 | #846 |
| 1894 | 36 | #751 |
| 1893 | 21 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 23 | #972 |
| 1891 | 26 | #836 |
| 1890 | 33 | #748 |
| 1889 | 26 | #833 |
| 1888 | 17 | #1,089 |
| 1887 | 9 | #1,403 |
| 1886 | 15 | #1,062 |
| 1885 | 10 | #1,297 |
| 1884 | 19 | #886 |
| 1883 | 12 | #1,079 |
| 1882 | 9 | #1,273 |
| 1881 | 17 | #832 |
| 1880 | 14 | #944 |