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How popular is “Dee” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dee” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dee” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dee” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dee” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dee” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dee” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dee” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 26 0.000129042 6 20 -54%
1881 38 0.00019721 6 32 -68%
1882 35 0.00015799 12 23 -31%
1883 28 0.000129064 6 22 -57%
1884 35 0.00014376 8 27 -54%
1885 36 0.000149468 8 28 -56%
1886 39 0.000152752 13 26 -33%
1887 48 0.000194024 9 39 -63%
1888 46 0.000153603 11 35 -52%
1889 31 0.000107286 7 24 -55%
1890 24 0.000079628 5 19 -58%
1891 25 0.000087207 7 18 -44%
1892 52 0.000155514 9 43 -65%
1893 44 0.000135292 15 29 -32%
1894 29 0.000085624 6 23 -59%
1895 44 0.000125349 12 32 -45%
1896 32 0.000089514 8 24 -50%
1897 31 0.000089348 6 25 -61%
1898 40 0.000104862 10 30 -50%
1899 36 0.000106121 8 28 -56%
1900 45 0.000099943 10 35 -56%
1901 33 0.000095428 17 16 3%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 -100%
1903 38 0.000099685 13 25 -32%
1904 35 0.000086744 14 21 -20%
1905 45 0.000106152 9 36 -60%
1906 57 0.000133037 19 38 -33%
1907 49 0.000105288 15 34 -39%
1908 48 0.00009823 12 36 -50%
1909 52 0.000101717 17 35 -35%
1910 51 0.000086337 16 35 -37%
1911 55 0.000085367 15 40 -45%
1912 88 0.000089063 24 64 -45%
1913 78 0.000068595 21 57 -46%
1914 95 0.000067074 29 66 -39%
1915 161 0.000087862 41 120 -49%
1916 125 0.000064619 37 88 -41%
1917 146 0.000072754 35 111 -52%
1918 163 0.000075077 51 112 -37%
1919 158 0.000074873 33 125 -58%
1920 138 0.000060991 41 97 -41%
1921 160 0.000068537 40 120 -50%
1922 159 0.000069458 36 123 -55%
1923 149 0.000064713 33 116 -56%
1924 163 0.000068441 47 116 -42%
1925 166 0.000071144 41 125 -51%
1926 140 0.000060978 41 99 -41%
1927 140 0.000060362 38 102 -46%
1928 124 0.000054844 41 83 -34%
1929 152 0.000069338 43 109 -43%
1930 133 0.000059821 45 88 -32%
1931 130 0.000061776 35 95 -46%
1932 160 0.000075783 60 100 -25%
1933 161 0.000080522 62 99 -23%
1934 178 0.000085708 67 111 -25%
1935 170 0.000081344 66 104 -22%
1936 169 0.000081345 69 100 -18%
1937 216 0.000101377 120 96 11%
1938 271 0.000122482 153 118 13%
1939 258 0.00011709 159 99 23%
1940 274 0.000118992 175 99 28%
1941 293 0.000120258 199 94 36%
1942 323 0.000118236 237 86 47%
1943 301 0.000106641 206 95 37%
1944 334 0.00012416 242 92 45%
1945 320 0.000120622 255 65 59%
1946 387 0.000121115 283 104 46%
1947 476 0.000132137 356 120 50%
1948 399 0.000115568 293 106 47%
1949 407 0.000116794 301 106 48%
1950 408 0.00011646 322 86 58%
1951 446 0.000121073 342 104 53%
1952 501 0.000131911 393 108 57%
1953 531 0.000137792 413 118 56%
1954 521 0.000130881 423 98 62%
1955 561 0.000139723 462 99 65%
1956 554 0.000134367 467 87 69%
1957 576 0.000137073 479 97 66%
1958 604 0.000146109 519 85 72%
1959 583 0.000140212 507 76 74%
1960 614 0.000147816 512 102 67%
1961 704 0.000169954 623 81 77%
1962 692 0.000171484 609 83 76%
1963 670 0.000169269 577 93 72%
1964 638 0.000164111 567 71 78%
1965 550 0.000151705 474 76 72%
1966 455 0.000130911 405 50 78%
1967 417 0.000122831 371 46 78%
1968 356 0.000105375 315 41 77%
1969 414 0.000119126 374 40 81%
1970 360 0.000099819 313 47 74%
1971 321 0.000093522 264 57 64%
1972 226 0.000071906 192 34 70%
1973 205 0.000067951 165 40 61%
1974 173 0.000056908 136 37 57%
1975 154 0.000051004 122 32 58%
1976 148 0.000048776 116 32 57%
1977 142 0.000044703 107 35 51%
1978 123 0.000038754 85 38 38%
1979 113 0.000033965 85 28 50%
1980 123 0.000035709 93 30 51%
1981 110 0.000031798 83 27 51%
1982 87 0.000024801 60 27 38%
1983 69 0.000019923 47 22 36%
1984 85 0.000024364 59 26 39%
1985 50 0.000014009 31 19 24%
1986 74 0.000020804 49 25 32%
1987 41 0.000011371 30 11 46%
1988 39 0.000010555 24 15 23%
1989 47 0.000012225 33 14 40%
1990 33 0.000008349 17 16 3%
1991 42 0.000010782 25 17 19%
1992 31 0.00000807 20 11 29%
1993 33 0.000008753 19 14 15%
1994 41 0.000011028 26 15 27%
1995 29 0.000007919 17 12 17%
1996 33 0.000009048 16 17 -3%
1997 24 0.000006619 12 12 0%
1998 12 0.000003262 6 6 0%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 20 0.000005291 7 13 -30%
2001 20 0.000005343 11 9 10%
2002 16 0.00000428 6 10 -25%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 17 0.000004297 5 12 -41%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 5 5 0%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 19 0.000005195 7 12 -26%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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