Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “De” in the USA?

Number of people named “De” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “De” 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 “De” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “De” by birth year

This chart shows how “De” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 10 0.000004606 5 5 0%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 11 0.000004992 6 5 9%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1943 10 0.000003543 5 5 0%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 9 0.000003393 9 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1957 22 0.000005235 16 6 45%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 21 0.00000507 16 5 52%
1962 23 0.0000057 23 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 13 5 44%
1968 32 0.000009472 27 5 69%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 100%
1970 22 0.0000061 16 6 45%
1971 18 0.000005244 11 7 22%
1972 15 0.000004773 9 6 20%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 8 5 23%
1978 14 0.000004411 7 7 0%
1980 13 0.000003774 7 6 8%
1981 18 0.000005203 13 5 44%
1982 16 0.000004561 8 8 0%
1983 20 0.000005775 12 8 20%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1985 25 0.000007005 7 18 -44%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
1990 38 0.000009614 11 27 -42%
1991 49 0.000012579 17 32 -31%
1992 64 0.000016661 18 46 -44%
1993 54 0.000014323 17 37 -37%
1994 58 0.000015601 17 41 -41%
1995 41 0.000011196 12 29 -41%
1996 49 0.000013435 12 37 -51%
1997 36 0.000009929 8 28 -56%
1998 36 0.000009787 7 29 -61%
1999 54 0.000014619 19 35 -30%
2000 60 0.000015873 19 41 -37%
2001 31 0.000008281 10 21 -35%
2002 22 0.000005885 5 17 -55%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 5 10 -33%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%

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