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How popular is the name Dean?
Births per year, rank history and how many Deans are alive today.
Dean (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 782nd in 2025 with 42 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 2,600 babies were given the name, the 44th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 76,000 babies have been named Dean in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Dean is one spelling of a name also recorded as Deen; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dean you are most likely to meet is around 52 years old. Half of all Deans born in England and Wales are between 41 and 60, and there are at least 91,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 26% chance that at least one of them will be called Dean.
How many babies are named Dean each year?
Includes all spellings: Dean, Deen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dean spelling rank?
Where does the Deen 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 Dean most popular?
Dean peaked in 1964, when around 2,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Dean?
At least 91,000 people named Dean in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dean?
Most living Deans are between 41 and 60; the most common age is about 52.
Is Dean becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.