Dean

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dean: Recorded every year since 1956, it reached #13 in 1967, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
194times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#13highest recorded position
38groupings it qualifies for
53names it appears alongside

What stands out in Dean's record

Ranked every year since 1956, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 54 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 116 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 53 other names across 9 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#80
1997	#99
1998	#114
1999	#124
2000	#129
2001	#140
2002	#163
2003	#176
2004	#200
2005	#221
2006	#234
2007	#222
2008	#243
2009	#303
2010	#292
2011	#341
2012	#378
2013	#429
2014	#457
2015	#423
2016	#515
2017	#537
2018	#675
2019	#610
2020	#656
2021	#592
2022	#585
2023	#728
2024	#651

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #651 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1956–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #95 among boys in New Zealand in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1991
Highest recorded position: #13 among boys in New Zealand, in 1967 (recorded 1956–1991).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dean appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 60 ranked years and 5,647 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1956.

Dean across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dean's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#229 (1966)	#24 (1993)	#432 (2025)	60 of 60	5,647 (1966–2025)	310 (1993)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (1957)	#26 (1968)	#94 (2007)	44 of 51	9,380 (1957–2007)	362 (1971)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (1956)	#13 (1967)	#92 (1991)	36 of 36	6,096 (1956–1991)	471 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#80 (1996)	#80 (1996)	#651 (2024)	29 of 29	5,329 (1996–2024)	719 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#45 (1997)	#45 (1997)	#348 (2023)	24 of 27	555 (1997–2023)	77 (1997)

Dean by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Dean in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	41	4 of 10	10
1970s	198	10 of 10	20
1980s	947	10 of 10	95
1990sbusiest	2,611	10 of 10	261
2000s	1,352	10 of 10	135
2010s	422	10 of 10	42
2020s	76	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 261 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 90, from 290 to 200.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dean 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 6 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #13 in New Zealand in 1967.

Dean'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	male	#651	57	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#728	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#585	64	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#592	64	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#610	60	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#537	72	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#515	78	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#423	97	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#457	86	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#429	96	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#378	111	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#341	127	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#292	153	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#303	138	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#243	179	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#222	197	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#234	164	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#221	164	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#200	188	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#176	220	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#163	241	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#140	298	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#129	315	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#124	348	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#114	406	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#99	538	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#80	719	High	Verified
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	167	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	200	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	243	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	287	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	273	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	267	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	290	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	287	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	288	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	238	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	229	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	202	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	249	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	296	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	297	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	260	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	289	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	362	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	358	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	360	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	360	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	168	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	61	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New Zealand	male	#92	62	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#82	70	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#94	61	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#79	68	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#66	80	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#67	76	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#68	72	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#82	62	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#60	85	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#77	61	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#63	74	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#61	88	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#55	108	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#44	120	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#52	126	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#40	155	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#32	184	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#29	225	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#26	218	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#38	193	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#25	270	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#23	310	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#20	338	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#16	382	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#13	471	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#15	370	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#22	319	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#25	276	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#29	262	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#30	268	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#36	222	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#66	100	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#66	107	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#72	94	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#85	69	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#95	50	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#183	13	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#127	23	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#111	27	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#116	26	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#166	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#124	21	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#113	22	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#112	23	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#76	37	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#71	40	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#74	38	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#70	41	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#64	47	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#51	60	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#45	77	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	21	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	25	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	27	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	34	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	27	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	42	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	42	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	62	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	54	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	69	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#82	98	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	130	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	94	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	106	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	118	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	124	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#42	147	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	157	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	221	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#45	157	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	214	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#29	200	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#31	290	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	260	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#30	274	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#26	296	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#24	310	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#27	290	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#32	253	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	224	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	184	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#40	204	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#53	146	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	118	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	91	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	72	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	44	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	26	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	23	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	25	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	22	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	25	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	16	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	20	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	20	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	24	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1956 and 2025, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #13, first reached in 1967.

It held a top-100 place in 54 years, 54 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 719 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1957, and 68 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.

Deacon · #362, 29y
Deaglan · #186, 20y
Deana · #445, 24y
Deane · #255, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Grant · #13, 70y
Phillip · #14, 74y
Garry · #15, 71y
Heather · #15, 74y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Grant · #13, 70y
Markus · #13, 64y
Aurora · #14, 46y
Bernadette · #12, 66y

Comparisons involving Dean

Existing comparison pages where Dean and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Dean in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Craig vs Dean
In 1996 they stood at #81 and #80 in England and Wales · Boys, 1 places apart; by 2024 they were #2263 and #651.
Craig · Dean · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Dean vs Harrison
In 1996 they stood at #80 and #86 in England and Wales · Boys, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #651 and #52.
Dean · Harrison · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Dean vs Marcus
In 1996 they stood at #80 and #85 in England and Wales · Boys, 5 places apart; by 2024 they were #651 and #233.
Dean · Marcus · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Dean within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Dean vs Tony
Across 36 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Dean and Tony averaged 10.8 places apart, ending at #92 and #90.
Dean · Tony · 36 shared years, 1956–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Sean vs Dean
Across 38 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Sean and Dean averaged 11.2 places apart, ending at #85 and #94.
Sean · Dean · 38 shared years, 1963–2007 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2007 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Dean vs Brent
Across 32 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Dean and Brent averaged 11.4 places apart, ending at #66 and #97.
Dean · Brent · 32 shared years, 1956–1987 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1987 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Dean and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jason vs Dean
In 1969, Jason moved ahead of Dean in New Zealand · Boys — #19 and #16 the year before became #6 and #20.
Jason · Dean · 26 shared years, 1966–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1969 New Zealand ranking
Dylan vs Dean
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Dylan moved into the top 50 at #23 in 1992 as Dean fell out of it to #52, having been #41 the year before.
Dylan · Dean · 18 shared years, 1983–2007 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Joshua vs Dean
In New Zealand · Boys, Joshua moved into the top 50 at #28 in 1979 as Dean fell out of it to #55, having been #44 the year before.
Joshua · Dean · 18 shared years, 1974–1991 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1979 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Dean measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Dean at its highest position.

Michael vs Dean
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Boys within 2 years — Michael #1 in 1968, Dean #13 in 1967.
Michael · Dean · 36 shared years, 1956–1991 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Dean vs Brett
Across 35 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Dean and Brett averaged 13.1 places apart, ending at #92 and #100.
Dean · Brett · 35 shared years, 1956–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Luke vs Dean
In New Zealand · Boys, Luke moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1979 as Dean fell out of it to #55, having been #44 the year before.
Luke · Dean · 14 shared years, 1978–1991 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1979 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Dean was ranked #13 in New Zealand · Boys in 1967. 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.

Dean 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 Dean without appearing here.

Dean moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #394 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #432 and #829.
Scott Compare
In 2023 they stood at #728 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #651 and #1025.
Ashley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #728 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #651 and #880.
Steven Compare
In 2020 they stood at #656 and #619 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #592 and #790.

Moved ahead of Dean

Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #585 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #728 and #419.
Ian Compare
In 2022 they stood at #585 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #728 and #561.
Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #656 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #592 and #433.
Richard Compare
In 2014 they stood at #228 and #315 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #259.

Moved the opposite way to Dean

Alexander Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 while Alexander went from #114 to #55.
Conor Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 while Conor went from #47 to #16.
Daniel Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 while Daniel went from #24 to #13.
Leon Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #170 to #432 while Leon went from #207 to #73.

Moved the same way as Dean

Alfred Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 and Alfred from #159 to #286.
Edward Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 and Edward from #17 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 and Frank from #139 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dean went from #229 to #432 and George from #55 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #13 in New Zealand in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dean

Dean at a glance

What stands out in Dean's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dean across 5 official records

Dean by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dean appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Dean

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Dean

Dean and the names beside it

Dean moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dean

Moved the opposite way to Dean

Moved the same way as Dean

Dean at a glance

What stands out in Dean's record

Dean across 5 official records

Dean by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dean appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Dean

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Dean

Dean and the names beside it

Dean moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dean

Moved the opposite way to Dean

Moved the same way as Dean