Quick answers about Dede
How many people are named Dede?
An estimated 1,178 living Americans are named Dede.
How rare is Dede?
Dede fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Dede?
The median age of a living American named Dede is approximately 63 years, with most bearers falling between 55 and 67 years old.
Is Dede still popular?
Not especially. Dede has been declining since its 1961 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Dede most common?
Dede has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 3.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Dede is most concentrated in California — about 1.8× the national rate in the 1960s. It also runs high in Texas.
States where Dede is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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