Girls' name · since 1958
Dedee
168 babies named Dedee in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dedee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 168 recorded since 1958.
Dedee has 168 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1984.
- #21,598 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dedee ranks #21,598 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,598 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dedee's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dedee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dedee splits its recorded history at 1968: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dedee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1984
- Peak year (1971)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Dedee by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (82 births, 49% of the file).
1960s was Dedee's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dedee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 82 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Dedee's decade-level peak was the 1960s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dedee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dedee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.