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How popular is the name Dene?
Births per year, rank history and how many Denes are alive today.
Dene (male), a spelling of Dean, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2001 (ranked 3134th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 8 babies were given the name, the 1458th most popular that year.
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 Dene each year?
Includes all spellings: Dene, Dean, Deen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dene spelling rank?
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 Dene most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dean, peaked in 1964, when around 2,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dene spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 8 babies.
How many people are called Dene?
At least 91,000 people named Dene in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dene?
Most living Denes are between 41 and 60; the most common age is about 52.
Is Dene becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.