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Dee

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unisexfeminineLatin script

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Origin: Not established
5 language contexts: English French Danish +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Dee

Dee is a unisex given name documented in English, French, Danish and 2 other languages.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Dee ist eine Koseform für alle Vornamen, die mit D beginnen, bei den Frauennamen etwa für Dorothy, Daniela, Deandrea, Deirdre oder Diana. Es kann darüber hinaus auch ein Bezug zum schottischen Fluss Dee bestehen. Mittlerweile ist Dee zu einem eigenständigen Vornamen geworden.

Sources for this account (6)

German Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20963162CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Dee is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dee’s connections around the world.

4 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2022: 5 boys (rank 12330). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Dee

Region and dataset

Latest · 2022: 5; applications; Rank #12,330
Peak year: 1919; 125 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dee in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	20	381	observed
1881	32	276	observed
1882	23	370	observed
1883	22	359	observed
1884	27	336	observed
1885	28	318	observed
1886	26	332	observed
1887	39	254	observed
1888	35	302	observed
1889	24	360	observed
1890	19	415	observed
1891	18	411	observed
1892	43	274	observed
1893	29	323	observed
1894	23	387	observed
1895	32	326	observed
1896	24	400	observed
1897	25	375	observed
1898	30	350	observed
1899	28	336	observed
1900	35	375	observed
1901	16	487	observed
1902	26	388	observed
1903	25	393	observed
1904	21	466	observed
1905	36	337	observed
1906	38	335	observed
1907	34	385	observed
1908	36	389	observed
1909	35	419	observed
1910	35	461	observed
1911	40	461	observed
1912	64	497	observed
1913	57	579	observed
1914	66	622	observed
1915	120	507	observed
1916	88	620	observed
1917	111	557	observed
1918	112	575	observed
1919	125	531	observed
1920	97	640	observed
1921	120	576	observed
1922	123	574	observed
1923	116	582	observed
1924	116	589	observed
1925	125	549	observed
1926	99	631	observed
1927	102	619	observed
1928	83	694	observed
1929	109	571	observed
1930	88	662	observed
1931	95	605	observed
1932	100	590	observed
1933	99	582	observed
1934	111	560	observed
1935	104	566	observed
1936	100	577	observed
1937	96	588	observed
1938	118	537	observed
1939	99	574	observed
1940	99	597	observed
1941	94	624	observed
1942	86	693	observed
1943	95	655	observed
1944	92	642	observed
1945	65	761	observed
1946	104	630	observed
1947	120	624	observed
1948	106	658	observed
1949	106	669	observed
1950	86	741	observed
1951	104	682	observed
1952	108	668	observed
1953	118	654	observed
1954	98	727	observed
1955	99	732	observed
1956	87	796	observed
1957	97	762	observed
1958	85	815	observed
1959	76	875	observed
1960	102	760	observed
1961	81	852	observed
1962	83	832	observed
1963	93	790	observed
1964	71	901	observed
1965	76	843	observed
1966	50	1,027	observed
1967	46	1,087	observed
1968	41	1,183	observed
1969	40	1,252	observed
1970	47	1,207	observed
1971	57	1,081	observed
1972	34	1,453	observed
1973	40	1,312	observed
1974	37	1,409	observed
1975	32	1,593	observed
1976	32	1,646	observed
1977	35	1,571	observed
1978	38	1,508	observed
1979	28	1,903	observed
1980	30	1,852	observed
1981	27	1,996	observed
1982	27	1,999	observed
1983	22	2,272	observed
1984	26	2,036	observed
1985	19	2,598	observed
1986	25	2,226	observed
1987	11	3,959	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	14	3,809	observed
1990	16	3,607	observed
1991	17	3,462	observed
1992	11	4,872	observed
1993	14	4,227	observed
1994	15	4,094	observed
1995	12	4,791	observed
1996	17	3,830	observed
1997	12	4,960	observed
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	10	6,042	observed
2000	13	5,297	observed
2001	9	6,935	observed
2002	10	6,522	observed
2003	10	6,715	observed
2004	6	9,948	observed
2005	13	5,875	observed
2006	12	6,460	observed
2007	8	8,915	observed
2008	7	9,871	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	12,231	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	12	6,626	observed
2013	13	6,241	observed
2014	6	10,717	observed
2015	6	10,644	observed
2016	5	12,185	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	6	10,760	observed
2019	9	8,215	observed
2020	6	10,605	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Dee” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Dee with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q20963162CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dee.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Dee.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Dee

Dee is a unisex given name documented in English, French, Danish and 2 other languages.

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (6)

German Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q20963162CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Dee is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dee’s connections around the world.

4 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2022: 5 boys (rank 12330). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Dee

Region and dataset

Latest · 2022: 5; applications; Rank #12,330
Peak year: 1919; 125 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dee in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	20	381	observed
1881	32	276	observed
1882	23	370	observed
1883	22	359	observed
1884	27	336	observed
1885	28	318	observed
1886	26	332	observed
1887	39	254	observed
1888	35	302	observed
1889	24	360	observed
1890	19	415	observed
1891	18	411	observed
1892	43	274	observed
1893	29	323	observed
1894	23	387	observed
1895	32	326	observed
1896	24	400	observed
1897	25	375	observed
1898	30	350	observed
1899	28	336	observed
1900	35	375	observed
1901	16	487	observed
1902	26	388	observed
1903	25	393	observed
1904	21	466	observed
1905	36	337	observed
1906	38	335	observed
1907	34	385	observed
1908	36	389	observed
1909	35	419	observed
1910	35	461	observed
1911	40	461	observed
1912	64	497	observed
1913	57	579	observed
1914	66	622	observed
1915	120	507	observed
1916	88	620	observed
1917	111	557	observed
1918	112	575	observed
1919	125	531	observed
1920	97	640	observed
1921	120	576	observed
1922	123	574	observed
1923	116	582	observed
1924	116	589	observed
1925	125	549	observed
1926	99	631	observed
1927	102	619	observed
1928	83	694	observed
1929	109	571	observed
1930	88	662	observed
1931	95	605	observed
1932	100	590	observed
1933	99	582	observed
1934	111	560	observed
1935	104	566	observed
1936	100	577	observed
1937	96	588	observed
1938	118	537	observed
1939	99	574	observed
1940	99	597	observed
1941	94	624	observed
1942	86	693	observed
1943	95	655	observed
1944	92	642	observed
1945	65	761	observed
1946	104	630	observed
1947	120	624	observed
1948	106	658	observed
1949	106	669	observed
1950	86	741	observed
1951	104	682	observed
1952	108	668	observed
1953	118	654	observed
1954	98	727	observed
1955	99	732	observed
1956	87	796	observed
1957	97	762	observed
1958	85	815	observed
1959	76	875	observed
1960	102	760	observed
1961	81	852	observed
1962	83	832	observed
1963	93	790	observed
1964	71	901	observed
1965	76	843	observed
1966	50	1,027	observed
1967	46	1,087	observed
1968	41	1,183	observed
1969	40	1,252	observed
1970	47	1,207	observed
1971	57	1,081	observed
1972	34	1,453	observed
1973	40	1,312	observed
1974	37	1,409	observed
1975	32	1,593	observed
1976	32	1,646	observed
1977	35	1,571	observed
1978	38	1,508	observed
1979	28	1,903	observed
1980	30	1,852	observed
1981	27	1,996	observed
1982	27	1,999	observed
1983	22	2,272	observed
1984	26	2,036	observed
1985	19	2,598	observed
1986	25	2,226	observed
1987	11	3,959	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	14	3,809	observed
1990	16	3,607	observed
1991	17	3,462	observed
1992	11	4,872	observed
1993	14	4,227	observed
1994	15	4,094	observed
1995	12	4,791	observed
1996	17	3,830	observed
1997	12	4,960	observed
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	10	6,042	observed
2000	13	5,297	observed
2001	9	6,935	observed
2002	10	6,522	observed
2003	10	6,715	observed
2004	6	9,948	observed
2005	13	5,875	observed
2006	12	6,460	observed
2007	8	8,915	observed
2008	7	9,871	observed
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	12,231	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	12	6,626	observed
2013	13	6,241	observed
2014	6	10,717	observed
2015	6	10,644	observed
2016	5	12,185	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	6	10,760	observed
2019	9	8,215	observed
2020	6	10,605	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	5	12,330	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q20963162CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: DeeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dee.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Dee.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Dee

Etymology in the sources

Where Dee is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

De

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Dee

Etymology in the sources

Where Dee is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

De

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page