Dee
Dee was last recorded in 2022, when 5 babies were given it; 23,099 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,100 Americans named Dee and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 58 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dee by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dee mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dee is “a unisex given name, short for names beginning with D.”
/diː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dee?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,848, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
704 babies in 1961, the peak
Dee peaked in 1961, when 704 babies were given it (623 girls, #387 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #12,782 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #10,921 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 9 | #8,358 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 6 | #11,087 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #12,641 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #10,995 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #11,048 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 13 | #6,325 | |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,848 | 12 | #6,708 |
| 2011 | under 5 | 7 | #9,868 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #17,676 | 5 | #12,701 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 7 | #10,109 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 8 | #9,093 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,824 | 12 | #6,552 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 13 | #5,942 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 6 | #10,269 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 10 | #6,836 | |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,037 | 10 | #6,645 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,911 | 9 | #7,044 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,105 | 13 | #5,347 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 10 | #6,141 | |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,856 | 6 | #8,729 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,388 | 12 | #5,019 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,849 | 17 | #3,860 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,500 | 12 | #4,857 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,035 | 15 | #4,128 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,036 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,892 | 11 | #4,948 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,088 | 17 | #3,492 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,342 | 16 | #3,633 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,183 | 14 | #3,847 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,817 | 15 | #3,386 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,115 | 11 | #4,024 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,149 | 25 | #2,240 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,957 | 19 | #2,620 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,816 | 26 | #2,053 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,101 | 22 | #2,289 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,812 | 27 | #2,012 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,449 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1980 | 92 | #1,365 | 30 | #1,866 |
| 1979 | 85 | #1,432 | 28 | #1,914 |
| 1978 | 85 | #1,375 | 38 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 107 | #1,163 | 35 | #1,578 |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,057 | 32 | #1,653 |
| 1975 | 122 | #1,001 | 32 | #1,597 |
| 1974 | 136 | #924 | 37 | #1,418 |
| 1973 | 165 | #795 | 40 | #1,314 |
| 1972 | 192 | #730 | 34 | #1,461 |
| 1971 | 264 | #629 | 57 | #1,082 |
| 1970 | 313 | #572 | 47 | #1,209 |
| 1969 | 374 | #503 | 40 | #1,255 |
| 1968 | 314 | #544 | 41 | #1,194 |
| 1967 | 371 | #497 | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1966 | 405 | #470 | 50 | #1,035 |
| 1965 | 474 | #432 | 76 | #844 |
| 1964 | 567 | #410 | 71 | #902 |
| 1963 | 577 | #399 | 93 | #790 |
| 1962 | 609 | #381 | 83 | #833 |
| 1961 | 623 | #387 | 81 | #852 |
| 1960 | 512 | #433 | 102 | #760 |
| 1959 | 507 | #421 | 76 | #878 |
| 1958 | 519 | #407 | 85 | #814 |
| 1957 | 479 | #431 | 97 | #761 |
| 1956 | 467 | #421 | 87 | #797 |
| 1955 | 462 | #408 | 99 | #732 |
| 1954 | 423 | #424 | 98 | #727 |
| 1953 | 413 | #427 | 118 | #653 |
| 1952 | 393 | #431 | 108 | #667 |
| 1951 | 342 | #445 | 104 | #681 |
| 1950 | 322 | #447 | 86 | #741 |
| 1949 | 301 | #462 | 106 | #668 |
| 1948 | 293 | #469 | 106 | #658 |
| 1947 | 356 | #431 | 120 | #625 |
| 1946 | 283 | #465 | 104 | #631 |
| 1945 | 255 | #445 | 65 | #763 |
| 1944 | 242 | #461 | 92 | #644 |
| 1943 | 206 | #523 | 95 | #657 |
| 1942 | 237 | #477 | 86 | #694 |
| 1941 | 199 | #493 | 94 | #624 |
| 1940 | 175 | #519 | 99 | #599 |
| 1939 | 159 | #527 | 99 | #576 |
| 1938 | 153 | #550 | 118 | #538 |
| 1937 | 120 | #615 | 96 | #588 |
| 1936 | 69 | #811 | 100 | #577 |
| 1935 | 66 | #850 | 104 | #568 |
| 1934 | 67 | #834 | 111 | #560 |
| 1933 | 62 | #855 | 99 | #583 |
| 1932 | 60 | #908 | 100 | #591 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,230 | 95 | #605 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,104 | 88 | #663 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,123 | 109 | #571 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,191 | 83 | #697 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,284 | 102 | #621 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,200 | 99 | #633 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,212 | 125 | #550 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,141 | 116 | #590 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,398 | 116 | #584 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,314 | 123 | #575 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,225 | 120 | #577 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,193 | 97 | #640 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,353 | 125 | #532 |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,008 | 112 | #575 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,219 | 111 | #557 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,174 | 88 | #622 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,041 | 120 | #507 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,126 | 66 | #624 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,237 | 57 | #581 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,061 | 64 | #497 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,185 | 40 | #461 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,126 | 35 | #465 |
| 1909 | 17 | #997 | 35 | #422 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,220 | 36 | #390 |
| 1907 | 15 | #997 | 34 | #385 |
| 1906 | 19 | #851 | 38 | #336 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,324 | 36 | #338 |
| 1904 | 14 | #967 | 21 | #469 |
| 1903 | 13 | #986 | 25 | #394 |
| 1902 | under 5 | 26 | #391 | |
| 1901 | 17 | #803 | 16 | #491 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,247 | 35 | #378 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,197 | 28 | #339 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,117 | 30 | #353 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,419 | 25 | #378 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,231 | 24 | #401 |
| 1895 | 12 | #943 | 32 | #326 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,388 | 23 | #389 |
| 1893 | 15 | #769 | 29 | #323 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,026 | 43 | #275 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,120 | 18 | #414 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,379 | 19 | #417 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,044 | 24 | #361 |
| 1888 | 11 | #802 | 35 | #303 |
| 1887 | 9 | #807 | 39 | #255 |
| 1886 | 13 | #641 | 26 | #333 |
| 1885 | 8 | #802 | 28 | #319 |
| 1884 | 8 | #803 | 27 | #336 |
| 1883 | 6 | #844 | 22 | #360 |
| 1882 | 12 | #533 | 23 | #372 |
| 1881 | 6 | #757 | 32 | #278 |
| 1880 | 6 | #768 | 20 | #384 |
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 Dee a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 23,099 Americans recorded as Dee, 69% are girls and 31% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Dee every year since 1937.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dee: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dee, and how old are they?
14,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 23,099 Americans ever recorded as Dee. The median Dee alive today is 65 years old; half are between 58 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 20,339 people named Dee (15,826 women and girls, 4,513 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,568 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% 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 | 1,220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,890 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 812 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 196 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 56 |
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).
Where are babies named Dee born?
The states with the most babies named Dee are Texas, California and Oklahoma, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,508 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| California | 1,771 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Oklahoma | 963 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Utah | 952 | not ranked | 6.3× |
| Ohio | 750 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 725 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 642 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Kansas | 565 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Missouri | 506 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 465 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Dee is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dee is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 6.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dee with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 27,399 babies since 1880, Dee is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 none of their 49 babies recorded by SSA was a Dee (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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.
More about Dee and names like it
- Compare Dee and DeaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDee peaked in 1961.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dee since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Dee.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dee alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.