Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dean

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dean
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

4,931

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

48.4%

2024

2,545

All-time

190,040

Dean has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 4,931 boys were named Dean.

In 2024, only 2,545 boys were given the name.

Down 48.4% from its peak.

All told, about 190,040 Americans have been named Dean and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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