# Dean name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/dean
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Dean ranked #125 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #125.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #125
- Birth count: 2,876
- Rate per 10,000: 16.84

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Dean
- Rank: #125
- Birth count: 2,876
- Rate per 10,000: 16.84
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.02
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.09
- Expected per school of 300: 0.26
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 8.2%

## Trend
- Label: mixed / watch
- Peak rate year: 1961
- Best rank year: 1967
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 72.5%

## Spelling components
- Dean: 2,876 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology