De
De is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199246 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,322people given the name
The story in the numbers
681 boys have been named De in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 46 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 46 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 50%.
De is used for both sexes: 48% of its bearers are girls (641), most of them born around 1968.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
De was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with De
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tylorpeak 1993
- Babypeak 1994
- Infantpeak 1990
- Zacherypeak 1993
- Shaquanpeak 1994
- Diantepeak 1995
- Codiepeak 1993
- Codeypeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.