How popular is the name Dea?

1,697 US babies were named Dea between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 1963.

What careers are people named Dea over-represented in?

Among notable women who are basketball players, Deas show up 1.9× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Dea

Q: How common is the spelling Dea?

The most common spelling: 90% of Deas use it.

Dea. 1,697 US babies since 1940, peak 1963. Notable Deas are 1.9× over-represented as basketball players.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 1963

1,697 US babies were named Dea between 1940 and 2025.

Dea around the world

Sweden: 121 babies since 1998, peak 2019, No. 685 in 2022
Belgium: 91 babies since 1995, peak 2015, No. 1,082 in 2025
France: 430 babies since 1900, peak 2021, No. 1,737 in 2025
England & Wales: 297 babies since 1996, peak 2023, No. 2,137 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Deas end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Actor	1.4×	Low · 7 people
Basketball player	1.9×	Low · 6 people
Writer	1.4×	Low · 5 people
Tennis player	1.3×	Low · 2 people

Among notable women who are basketball players, Deas show up 1.9× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

The most common spelling: 90% of Deas use it

Dea 90%
Deah 10%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1963)