Fun Facts About the Name Dea
- More than 1 thousand babies named Dea: U.S. records list 1,842 babies given the name Dea from 1880 through 2025. Even 17 boys received the name Dea - about 1 boy for every 107 girls.
What Does the Name Dea Mean?
Dea is a feminine name meaning "goddess." It is the Latin noun dea (plural deae), the feminine counterpart of deus, "god." Both words come from an older Italic term for a deity that is also related to Latin divus, "divine," and to dies, "day," a connection that points to an old link between divinity and the bright sky. The name's sense is literal rather than symbolic: it names a female deity.
The name is also used as a short form of longer given names, often ones beginning with De- or ending in -dea. In that use the meaning follows the full name rather than the Latin word.
Dea Name History & Origins
In Roman religion, dea was the everyday word for a goddess and formed part of the titles of particular deities. Dea Dia was a goddess of the fields whose festival, the Ambarvalia, was held in May and led by the Arval Brethren, a Roman priestly college. Dea Tacita, "the silent goddess," was connected with the dead. Dea Syria was the Latin name of the Syrian goddess Atargatis, whose worship spread across the Roman Empire.
Dea is used as a personal name in Italy, where it keeps the Latin meaning "goddess," and it is also a given name in Albania and Kosovo. In English-speaking countries it appears less often; there it is most often a shortened form of a longer name. Because the Latin source is an ordinary noun rather than a distinct personal name, the point at which it began to be given to children cannot be pinned to one time or place.
How Popular is the Name Dea?
Dea has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1963. Its best rank was #1,686 in 1957.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,596 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #6,431 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #6,730 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #6,269 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #8,143 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #9,734 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #5,196 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #6,318 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #10,907 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #5,668 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #5,703 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #5,842 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #8,246 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #7,225 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #7,197 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #6,986 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #6,879 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #6,872 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #5,949 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #6,935 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #6,341 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #7,492 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #6,670 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #6,208 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #6,698 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #8,164 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #6,917 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #10,029 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #10,854 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #8,947 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #8,289 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #14,032 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #7,533 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #10,491 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #8,209 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,762 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #6,920 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #4,585 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #5,429 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #3,757 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #3,977 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #3,808 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #3,890 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1980 | #3,528 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1979 | #2,685 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 1978 | #2,697 | 31 | 0.0020% |
| 1977 | #2,622 | 32 | 0.0021% |
| 1976 | #2,300 | 36 | 0.0025% |
| 1975 | #2,695 | 28 | 0.0019% |
| 1974 | #3,588 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1973 | #4,023 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #2,321 | 32 | 0.0021% |
| 1971 | #2,814 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1970 | #2,952 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1969 | #2,361 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1968 | #2,376 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1967 | #2,087 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 1966 | #1,892 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1965 | #2,120 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1964 | #1,806 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1963 | #1,719 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 1962 | #2,271 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1961 | #1,874 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1960 | #2,110 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1959 | #1,855 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1958 | #2,682 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #1,686 | 41 | 0.0020% |
| 1956 | #2,551 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1955 | #1,917 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1954 | #2,462 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #1,938 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1952 | #2,218 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1951 | #2,604 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1950 | #2,574 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1949 | #2,226 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1948 | #2,514 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #3,506 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #2,245 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1945 | #3,749 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #2,653 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1943 | #2,365 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1942 | #2,698 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #2,203 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1940 | #3,275 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #3,936 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #2,597 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #4,355 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,338 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,282 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #4,724 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1928 | #3,495 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #5,246 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #4,067 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #3,438 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,115 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1920 | #4,511 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #4,374 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #3,301 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1917 | #4,210 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,630 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #4,439 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1914 | #3,745 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #3,291 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1901 | #1,740 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | #6,464 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1925 | #3,837 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #3,963 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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