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Baby name
Dean
Boy
Origin of the name
Dean was first an English surname, from dean, “valley,” or from the title of a church official.
Rising name
192,930births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 84rank at its peak, in 1961
Where babies named Dean are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Dean is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Dean is most common in North Dakota (3.4 times), South Dakota (3.2) and Iowa (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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