Deane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Deane: Recorded since 1985, it reached #255 in 1993, and it was last ranked in 2007.

3registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#255highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2007

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#2022
1998	#2419
2006	#4052
2007	#4333

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 10 of the 19 years from 1985 to 2003.

In 1998: #272 among boys in Northern Ireland, #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2419 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1985–2007 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2003
Highest recorded position: #255 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1993 (recorded 1985–2003).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #4333 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007.
England and Wales · Boys

Deane appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1985, and has registered 39 births with the name.

Deane across 3 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.

Deane'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	#304 (1985)	#255 (1993)	#423 (2003)	10 of 19	39 (1985–2003)	6 (1993)
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#1168 (1996)	#4333 (2007)	5 of 12	26 (1996–2007)	11 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#271 (1997)	#272 (1998)	2 of 2	6 (1997–1998)	3 (1997)

Deane 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 Deane in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990sbusiest	32	8 of 10	4
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Deane 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 3 regions, from 1985 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #255 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Deane'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
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1985 and 2007, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #255, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 12 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,333position in 2007, its most recent recorded year
12 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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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Dearbhail · #174, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Leja · #251, 17y
Damir · #244, 16y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Garth · #240, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Hiba · #254, 40y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y
Leanna · #253, 41y
Mariel · #257, 37y

Deane was ranked #255 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1993. 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.

Deane 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 Deane without appearing here.

Deane moved ahead of

Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #382 and #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #423 and #500.

Moved ahead of Deane

Muhammad Compare
In 1996 they stood at #295 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #382 and #242.
Taylor Compare
In 1996 they stood at #295 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #382 and #261.
Tyler Compare
In 1996 they stood at #295 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #382 and #261.
Bradley Compare
In 1995 they stood at #255 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1996 that had become #295 and #200.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1985 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #255 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Deane

Deane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Deane across 3 official records

Deane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Deane appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Deane at a glance

Deane across 3 official records

Deane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Deane appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Deane

Deane and the names beside it

Deane moved ahead of

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