Dean

Primarily a boy's name · 98% 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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 4,931 babies (rank #84 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,545 boys (rank #142). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

192,948

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

4,931

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
1880	14	#488
1881	17	#420
1882	9	#663
1883	12	#535
1884	13	#529
1885	10	#614
1886	15	#478
1887	9	#643
1888	12	#584
1889	21	#390
1890	25	#352
1891	26	#334
1892	23	#396
1893	15	#482
1894	28	#340
1895	20	#441
1896	17	#507
1897	40	#285
1898	28	#365
1899	25	#365
1900	46	#308
1901	32	#314
1902	40	#302
1903	27	#371
1904	28	#391
1905	42	#311
1906	38	#335
1907	41	#333
1908	43	#346
1909	44	#355
1910	53	#347
1911	94	#268
1912	198	#252
1913	224	#253
1914	337	#231
1915	453	#225
1916	504	#215
1917	559	#203
1918	668	#189
1919	722	#181
1920	788	#180
1921	876	#168
1922	983	#158
1923	1,011	#153
1924	1,151	#144
1925	1,195	#140
1926	1,245	#139
1927	1,332	#133
1928	1,287	#136
1929	1,287	#133
1930	1,365	#129
1931	1,346	#127
1932	1,416	#123
1933	1,310	#128
1934	1,476	#118
1935	1,435	#120
1936	1,332	#125
1937	1,314	#127
1938	1,339	#129
1939	1,296	#134
1940	1,223	#143
1941	1,288	#143
1942	1,285	#151
1943	1,502	#142
1944	1,574	#134
1945	1,585	#136
1946	1,886	#132
1947	2,002	#140
1948	1,909	#143
1949	2,102	#129
1950	2,337	#120
1951	2,891	#105
1952	3,156	#103
1953	3,124	#105
1954	3,166	#110
1955	3,084	#111
1956	3,712	#99
1957	4,387	#93
1958	4,304	#97
1959	4,426	#95
1960	4,516	#94
1961	4,931	#84
1962	4,656	#86
1963	4,614	#86
1964	4,510	#85
1965	4,098	#88
1966	4,040	#84
1967	3,915	#78
1968	3,799	#78
1969	3,444	#89
1970	2,941	#112
1971	2,245	#137
1972	1,683	#155
1973	1,410	#168
1974	1,220	#184
1975	1,025	#210
1976	889	#229
1977	868	#239
1978	772	#263
1979	846	#251
1980	818	#267
1981	751	#276
1982	768	#272
1983	747	#277
1984	762	#275
1985	802	#267
1986	839	#263
1987	821	#265
1988	863	#271
1989	892	#278
1990	894	#286
1991	820	#315
1992	836	#315
1993	835	#317
1994	835	#312
1995	769	#333
1996	843	#312
1997	804	#325
1998	770	#346
1999	716	#365
2000	696	#376
2001	744	#356
2002	711	#371
2003	685	#383
2004	746	#372
2005	756	#383
2006	779	#384
2007	906	#351
2008	951	#344
2009	1,060	#305
2010	1,183	#286
2011	1,235	#284
2012	1,380	#260
2013	1,511	#240
2014	1,711	#222
2015	1,950	#204
2016	1,966	#205
2017	2,081	#188
2018	2,256	#172
2019	2,220	#174
2020	2,164	#176
2021	2,350	#166
2022	2,263	#164
2023	2,285	#159
2024	2,545	#142