Mostly girls · peaked in 1962
Dee name popularity since 1925
20,063 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dee (74.9% girls, 25.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Dee is about 69 years old in 2026. Dee peaked in 1962 as the #381 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,063
- Named Dee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Dee in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 74.9% girls
- 15,033 girls · 5,030 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 6.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Dee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Dee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1961. Measured as a share of all babies, Dee peaked in 1962.
- Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Dee became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 8,870 baby girls to 1 in 5,700.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 4,510 to 1 in 10,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 204 | 518 | – |
| 1930s | 836 | 1,010 | #850 |
| 1940s | 2,547 | 967 | #445 |
| 1950s | 4,327 | 958 | #409 |
| 1960s | 4,826 | 683 | #432 |
| 1970s | 1,585 | 380 | #1,001 |
| 1980s | 509 | 216 | #2,958 |
| 1990s | 158 | 130 | #5,505 |
| 2000s | 29 | 88 | Under 5 |
| 2010s | 12 | 69 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 11 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
51.2% of babies named Dee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Dee is most popular
The index compares Dee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Dee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6.78× | 825 |
| Oklahoma | 4.33× | 806 |
| Kansas | 3.88× | 565 |
| Iowa | 2.50× | 454 |
| Texas | 2.03× | 2,270 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dee (1962).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data