Deane
Deane was given to 6 boys in 2025, #10,968 among boys’ names; 4,062 Americans have been recorded with it since 1892 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,820 Americans named Deane and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 52 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Deane by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Deane mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Deane is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “son of the Deacon” (Deagánaigh).
As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon.
As an English surname, variant of Dean.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Deane?
#10,968 among boys’ names, 2025
Deane rose from #12,505 in 2015 to #10,968 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 3.5 per million.
96 babies in 1947, the peak
Deane peaked in 1947, when 96 babies were given it (69 boys, #835 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 6 | #10,968 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 5 | #12,749 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 7 | #9,979 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #12,775 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #10,917 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #12,610 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #12,719 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 6 | #11,042 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 5 | #12,505 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 7 | #9,893 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #12,721 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #11,065 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #10,976 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 7 | #9,162 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 7 | #8,053 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #8,727 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,453 | |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,057 | 6 | #8,173 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,787 | 6 | #8,025 |
| 1994 | under 5 | 10 | #5,536 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 13 | #4,502 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 10 | #5,309 | |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,541 | 11 | #4,828 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 17 | #3,490 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 9 | #5,260 | |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,680 | 5 | #7,536 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,999 | 6 | #6,282 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,835 | 11 | #3,931 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,593 | 7 | #5,269 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,373 | 6 | #5,737 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,464 | 8 | #4,598 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,878 | 14 | #3,147 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,433 | 9 | #4,226 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,356 | 10 | #3,904 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,671 | 6 | #5,506 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,807 | 17 | #2,587 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,959 | 11 | #3,436 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,469 | 10 | #3,530 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,919 | 15 | #2,662 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,514 | 20 | #2,143 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,639 | 16 | #2,423 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,751 | 24 | #1,831 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,201 | 31 | #1,565 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,134 | 33 | #1,470 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,719 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,983 | 34 | #1,321 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,891 | 22 | #1,669 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,602 | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,552 | 24 | #1,596 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,839 | 30 | #1,442 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,634 | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,320 | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,079 | 28 | #1,529 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,540 | 27 | #1,558 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,139 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,880 | 43 | #1,173 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,831 | 39 | #1,253 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,375 | 35 | #1,303 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,347 | 30 | #1,401 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,463 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,537 | 40 | #1,171 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,069 | 45 | #1,082 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,743 | 48 | #1,025 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,685 | 44 | #1,066 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,815 | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,514 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,866 | 69 | #835 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,733 | 41 | #1,079 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,358 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,873 | 43 | #993 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,801 | 37 | #1,122 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,234 | 35 | #1,170 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,287 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,803 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,444 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,040 | 35 | #1,099 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,935 | 42 | #970 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,704 | 48 | #884 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,019 | 45 | #944 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,719 | 59 | #812 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,562 | 57 | #822 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,530 | 53 | #877 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,894 | 58 | #829 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,889 | 53 | #919 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,562 | 56 | #891 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,524 | 55 | #905 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,114 | 52 | #967 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,733 | 58 | #878 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,049 | 64 | #832 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,428 | 56 | #939 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,643 | 54 | #934 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,203 | 48 | #1,026 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,062 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,190 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,610 | 45 | #1,011 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,406 | 31 | #1,264 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,343 | 26 | #1,370 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,527 | 35 | #1,100 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,897 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,281 | 12 | #1,892 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,615 | 10 | #1,833 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,433 | 10 | #1,648 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,979 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,284 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,448 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,520 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,645 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,759 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,637 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,462 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,317 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Deane a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,062 Americans recorded as Deane, 32% are girls and 68% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Deane: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Deane, and how old are they?
1,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 4,062 Americans ever recorded as Deane. The median Deane alive today is 63 years old; half are between 52 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 2,334 people named Deane (990 women and girls, 1,344 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,112 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 236 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 752 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 513 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 212 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 43 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 57 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 25,690 babies since 1880, Deane is the third most given (16% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 30 babies (20%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Deane
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Deane and names like it
- Compare Deane and DennyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sDeane peaked in 1947.
- Iowa’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Deane since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Deane: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Deane.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Deane alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.