Dean
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning valley; church official.
How Dean has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #204 |
| 2016 | #205 |
| 2017 | #187 |
| 2018 | #172 |
| 2019 | #174 |
| 2020 | #176 |
| 2021 | #166 |
| 2022 | #163 |
| 2023 | #159 |
| 2024 | #142 |
| 2025 | #125 |
Dean by the numbers
In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Dean. In the US, 2,067 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,927 babies in 1961, making it a 1960s name.
At its height, in 1965, about 1 in 460 American boys born that year was called Dean.
Names that come from Dean
Forms of Dean in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deondivine; a form of Dionysus or Dion159 in the US (2017)
- Devandivine or godly; from Devan21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Danhe judged26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deenreligion or faith; variant of Din45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deanavalley; a form of deanna or diana20 in the US (2017)
- Deganblack-haired; from Dagan11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dean
Names that are said the same way as Dean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Deannegod is my judge; a form of diane or deanna6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Dean, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Dean
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