De
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
De has been given to 1,322 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.
Babies named De, 2011
1 in 523,000
De over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — De over time
In 2011, De went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is De?
De had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2011
- 1 in 523,000
- 7 of 3,657,935 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 271,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2011
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 362,214 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where De sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 362,214 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another De. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Des were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as De was born before 1994 — so the typical De is around 31 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 50.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 74.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 617
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 50.1% of all recorded uses (341).
Is De rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1992 (46)
- Years since peak
- 33
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.9% average annual change
Where De is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, De was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 233,436 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1District of Columbia1 in 25,000
- 2Arkansas1 in 100,000
- 3Arizona1 in 100,000
- 4New York1 in 100,000
- 5South Carolina1 in 100,000
- 6Virginia1 in 100,000
- 7California1 in —
- 8Pennsylvania1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. De has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where De is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, De was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 830,076 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
- 3Pennsylvania1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
- 5Virginia1 in —
- 6Wisconsin1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. De has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
De around the world
Where De ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1997–2018#3,959in 2018
- South Australia1962–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
De by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to De
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for De
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.