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Dee

Dee means "Also a Welsh river name meaning goddess" and comes from Welsh, giving it real etymological depth as a gender-neutral name. It had its heyday in the 1960s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

EtymologyShort for names beginning with D
WelshAlso a Welsh river name meaning "goddess"
Births by decade
1900s
428
1910s
1,120
1920s
1,491
1930s
1,846
1940s
3,514
1950s
5,283
1960s
5,512
1970s
1,966
1980s
726
1990s
288
2000s
115
2010s
64
Peaked in the 1960s · 22,353 total U.S. births since 1900