first name
DEE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,339 people named Dee, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Black and 5.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 77.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dee peaked in 1961, when 704 babies got the name.
At least 23,099 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Dee by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #615. The largest share of babies named Dee, 44.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dee is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dee has been most common in Utah (7.6×), Idaho (5×), and Oklahoma (4.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.09×).
15,048 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dee
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dee, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dee ranks #4,881 of 156,621, with 7,009 people. See Dee as a last name
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