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Deane

#10,968 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Son of the Deacon

Deane has been given to 4,062 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #10,968 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1947, with 69 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Deane, 2025

1 in 553,000

Deane over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Deane over time

In 2025, Deane went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18922025

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.

Deane: meaning, origin, and history

Son of the Deacon

surname transfer

What Deane means

Deane means “son of the Deacon”, associated with Deagánaigh.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon. * As an English surname, variant of Dean.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Deane (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Deane is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Deane is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dean.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,758 boys were recorded with the name Deane between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 69 in 1947; its best national rank was #812 in 1934.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,917 in 2020 to #10,968 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,505 in 2015 to #10,968 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,304 girls were recorded with the name Deane between 1892 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1951; its best national rank was #1,317 in 1892.

How common is Deane?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,968
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deane sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deanes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deane was born before 1944 — so the typical Deane is around 81 today.

Median birth year
1944
About 81 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
18.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.9%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,140
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 18.9% of all recorded uses (522).

Is Deane 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
+1,781
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−51
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,537
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.7%
Peak was 1947 (69)
Years since peak
78
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#812
1934

Spellings of Deane

Deane is not the most common spelling — Sean is, with 19.6% against Deane's 0.13%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Deane is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Deane was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 190,444 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 33,333
  2. 2Illinois1 in 100,000
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  4. 4Maine1 in 100,000
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 100,000
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Kansas1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Deane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Deane is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Deane was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,186,599 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 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. Deane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Deane around the world

Where Deane 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 & Wales
    1996–2007
    #4,333
    in 2007
  • Scotland
    1991–1994
    #299
    in 1994
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–1998
    #272
    in 1998
  • Ireland
    1985–2003
    #423
    in 2003
  • South Australia
    1944–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Deane

People whose public names include Deane, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Deane in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Deane. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaneDean

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Deane by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,968
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 51
Best rank ever
#812
1934
Peak year
1947
69 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,758
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,317
1892
Peak year
1951
31 that year
First recorded
1892
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
1,304
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deane

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DeanteThaneBlaneDeaganKeaneDeaconDeakonDearlDeavonDwaneBaneDeaglanZhaneDianeDeanthonyDeaireZidaneDeariusDeakenDeavenXaneDeaaronDeangeloDeantae

Names with a curve like Deane

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Deane, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HarrellLenwoodBurnellWymanOnealHeywardLeamonEzellWaymanDurwoodDonalWelton

Sibling names for Deane

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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