Dea
Dea is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196345 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1901
- 1,803people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,803 girls have been named Dea in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 45 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dea | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 43 | |
| 1920s | 47 | |
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 133 | |
| 1950s | 249 | |
| 1960s | 340 | |
| 1970s | 273 | |
| 1980s | 164 | |
| 1990s | 71 | |
| 2000s | 176 | |
| 2010s | 187 | |
| 2020s | 77 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Dea was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Dea
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jolynnpeak 1962
- Valeriepeak 1959
- Saripeak 2007
- Collettepeak 1966
- Starletpeak 1981
- Ingridpeak 1967
- Adelitapeak 1961
- Irishpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.