girls:
641 births since 1918
#5075 (11th percentile)
boys:
681 births since 1914
#3906 (15th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1914
#6421 (17th percentile)
The name De is the #6,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,322 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 17.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,906 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 681 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,075 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 641 births since 1918.
De first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for De is available in 79 out of the 98 years between 1914 and 2011 (63 years for girls and 47 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name De is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2011, 100.0% of babies named De were boys.
For boys, De reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #729) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 22 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
For girls, De reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #725) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "De".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "De", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Dee" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Dee..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name De. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.1% confident that De is pronounced as dee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is day, at 16.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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