Dea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dea: Recorded every year since 1999, its highest recorded position is #856, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#856highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2002	#2105
2003	#3594
2004	#2278
2005	#1934
2006	#2320
2007	#2410
2008	#2150
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#2025
2012	#2215
2013	#2460
2014	#2314
2015	#2195
2016	#2233
2017	#1817
2018	#1788
2019	#1634
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#1948
2023	#1525
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1999 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1525 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2444 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	79	10 of 10	8
2010s	127	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Dea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #856, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adara · #856, 23y
Asra · #856, 25y
Bruna · #856, 23y
Israa · #856, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adara · #856, 23y
Asra · #856, 25y
Israa · #856, 26y
Kinsley · #856, 13y

Dea was ranked #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dea without appearing here.

Dea moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2025 and #4764.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Dea

Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #1472.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #938.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dea

Dea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dea appears in

Popularity data

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Dea moved ahead of

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Dea at a glance

Dea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dea

Dea and the names beside it

Dea moved ahead of

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