Dede — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dede

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,613 babies named Dede between 1933 and 2022, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dede currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 113 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dede performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 635 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dede shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 233 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dede in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dede in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,613 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.