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De Name Popularity

    

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How popular is De?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

Uncommon, De would be a striking name choice.

Position 1810, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1992 with 46 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named De was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

De, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1987-1992, and 1997-2000, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 2000-2006.

Sometimes the name De has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for De has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name De for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of De?

De's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name De is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, De has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   De (Girl)De (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- 7 9,858
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- 7 10,004
2006 < 5 -- 12 6,551
2005 5 17,147 10 7,233
2004 < 5 -- 13 5,884
2003 < 5 -- 14 5,332
2002 5 16,074 17 4,539
2001 10 9,557 21 3,872
2000 19 5,762 41 2,343
1999 19 5,491 35 2,516
1998 7 11,430 29 2,799
1997 8 10,028 28 2,769
1996 12 7,252 37 2,225
1995 12 7,169 29 2,569
1994 17 5,510 41 2,024
1993 17 5,479 37 2,132
1992 18 5,326 46 1,810
1991 17 5,467 32 2,247
1990 11 7,428 27 2,505
1989 < 5 -- 18 3,231
1988 < 5 -- 8 5,304
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- 6 6,112
1985 7 8,558 18 2,737
1984 8 7,549 < 5 --
1983 12 5,528 8 4,594
1982 8 7,642 8 4,687
1981 13 5,325 5 6,495
1980 7 8,357 6 5,682
1979 < 5 -- < 5 --
1978 7 7,805 7 4,655
1977 8 7,024 5 6,050
1976 9 6,167 < 5 --
1975 < 5 -- 5 5,661
1974 5 9,079 < 5 --
1973 6 7,634 < 5 --
1972 9 5,571 6 4,554
1971 11 4,878 7 4,064
1970 16 3,750 6 4,350
1969 15 3,653 < 5 --
1968 27 2,374 5 4,266
1967 13 3,705 5 4,085
1966 8 4,960 < 5 --
1965 13 3,584 < 5 --
1964 11 4,151 < 5 --
1963 13 3,665 < 5 --
1962 22 2,618 < 5 --
1961 16 3,210 5 4,202
1960 10 4,238 < 5 --
1959 12 3,657 < 5 --
1958 11 3,783 < 5 --
1957 16 2,949 6 3,649
1956 < 5 -- < 5 --
1955 9 4,135 < 5 --
1954 8 4,361 < 5 --
1953 9 4,005 < 5 --
1952 7 4,581 < 5 --
1951 5 5,591 < 5 --
1950 11 3,266 < 5 --
1949 5 5,411 < 5 --
1948 5 5,419 < 5 --
1947 9 3,776 < 5 --
1946 8 3,736 < 5 --
1945 9 3,194 < 5 --
1944 5 4,713 < 5 --
1943 5 4,828 5 3,657
1942 9 3,236 < 5 --
1941 7 3,648 < 5 --
1940 7 3,581 < 5 --
1939 6 3,858 5 3,604
1938 7 3,536 < 5 --
1937 5 4,392 < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- 6 3,472
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- 7 3,432
1927 < 5 -- 7 3,530
1926 < 5 -- < 5 --
1925 5 5,140 < 5 --
1924 5 5,245 < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- 5 4,378
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
1921 < 5 -- < 5 --
1920 < 5 -- < 5 --
1919 < 5 -- < 5 --
1918 5 4,997 5 4,326
1917 < 5 -- 11 2,461
1916 < 5 -- 8 2,977
1915 < 5 -- < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- 5 3,363
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.