Dean

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins: Derived from the Greek word "δεκανός", which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others"; see also Dean Derived from the English surname Dean, from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "valley" An Anglicization of the Hebrew noun דין, meaning "law", "justice" or "verdict".

From Wikipedia

Dean first appears in the data in 1957 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1970 with 486 babies (rank #29 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dean

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dean yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

12,692

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

486

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Gilmore Girls: Dean Forester — Rory's first boyfriend

Famous people named Dean

Dean Martinproducer · b. 1917
Dean Achesondiplomat · b. 1893
Dean Koontzscience fiction writer · b. 1945
Dean Stockwellfilm actor · b. 1936
Dean Barrowjurist · b. 1951

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1957	71	#93
1958	61	#99
1959	108	#73
1960	85	#94
1961	114	#87
1962	126	#81
1963	155	#74
1964	194	#65
1965	214	#61
1966	267	#50
1967	420	#30
1968	485	#28
1969	485	#29
1970	486	#29
1971	449	#33
1972	389	#37
1973	349	#37
1974	408	#33
1975	397	#33
1976	327	#36
1977	311	#39
1978	282	#43
1979	275	#45
1980	284	#43
1981	291	#45
1982	290	#49
1983	263	#50
1984	346	#39
1985	403	#37
1986	403	#37
1987	424	#35
1988	388	#38
1989	387	#36
1990	413	#37
1991	323	#50
1992	301	#51
1993	293	#55
1994	234	#61
1995	272	#58
1996	257	#58
1997	198	#73
1998	167	#80
1999	154	#84
2007	112	#94
2014	9	#189
2015	4	#345
2016	12	#173
2017	6	#252