# Deane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “son of the deacon” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,062 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,758 / 1,304 (32% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon. * As an English surname, variant of Dean.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 9,961 |
| 1978 | 7 | 7,809 |
| 1979 | 15 | 4,672 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,358 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6,435 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,882 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,466 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,377 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,596 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9,840 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,004 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,685 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,548 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,792 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,064 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 8,060 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,168 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,983 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,072 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,728 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,898 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,511 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,047 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,725 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,616 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,923 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,781 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,984 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,754 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,972 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11 | 1,168 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,022 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Deane

- Deane Montgomery, American mathematician (1909–1992)
- Deane C. Davis, American politician (1900–1990)
- Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
- Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.