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How popular is the name Dee?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dees are alive today.
Dee (female), a spelling of Dea, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 5765th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1658th most popular that year. Dee is also a common short form of Dolores, so many people called Dee are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dea you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Deas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 440 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dea - on average, only one in every 716 such rooms contains a Dea.
How many babies are named Dee each year?
Includes all spellings: Dee, Dea. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dee spelling rank?
Where does the Dea spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dee most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dea, peaked in 2023, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dee spelling itself peaked in 2002, with 11 babies.
How many people are called Dee?
At least 440 people named Dee in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dee?
Most living Dees are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 8.
Is Dee becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.