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Dean
Pronounced /diːn/
Rank in 2024
#142
Born in 2024
2,545
Peak year
1961 · #84
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:5 in 2024 (#17,087)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,545 boys were named Dean, about 1 in every 674.
- It peaked in 1961 with 4,931 babies, ranked #84.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 190,040 boys have been named Dean since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dean per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.8Greatest1901–27
- 1.2Silent1928–45
- 1.8Boomers1946–64
- 1.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12,728 babies, 0.76 per 1,000. Silent: 24,660 babies, 1.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 65,713 babies, 1.75 per 1,000. Gen X: 34,013 babies, 1.25 per 1,000. Millennials: 13,077 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Z: 14,122 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,302 babies, 1.16 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The surname or given name is of multiple origins, depending on context: As an English surname, from Middle English dene (“valley”). Also as an English surname, from the noun dean. Cognate to Deacon. Also as an English surname, from the personal name Deyne, a rhyming form of Reynald (see Reginald). As an Irish surname, variant of Deane. As a Scottish surname, from Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, itself from the noun meaning valley. Old English Dene (“Dane, Norseman”) Hebrew דין (“law, judgment”) and Arabic دين (“way of life, creed”)
- A surname transferred from the given name
- (countable) A male given name
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- A male given name originating as an occupation derived from the title.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /diːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dean, CC BY-SA 4.0.