Deana

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #3,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 1,363 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,462
since 1905

Deana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Deana has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #232, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#7,88513—
2024#7,96713—
2023#10,3129—
2022#7,63114—
2021#7,25015—
2020#6,08319—
2019#5,98620—
2018#6,79217—
2017#5,51723—
2016#4,15735—
2015#5,28825—
2014#4,89228—
2013#4,75529—
2012#2,97857—
2011#3,65942—
2010#3,36048—
2009#2,42579—
2008#2,18491—
2007#2,16392—
2006#2,22986—
2005#2,16085—
2004#1,92597—
2003#1,832101—
2002#1,708107—
2001#1,654110—
2000#1,356138—
1999#1,408125—
1998#1,180158—
1997#1,110169—
1996#1,215146—
1995#1,139154—
1994#1,147155—
1993#1,089166—
1992#1,025182—
1991#981191—
1990#883219—
1989#972179—
1988#800231—
1987#805217—
1986#732243—
1985#668271—
1984#591305—
1983#562323—
1982#603297—
1981#531355—
1980#534354—
1979#478425—
1978#465423—
1977#446459—
1976#404497—
1975#351616#3,9418
1974#332664—
1973#309754—
1972#295855—
1971#2811,018#4,3756
1970#2321,363—
1969#2481,193—
1968#2561,049—
1967#309783—
1966#363624—
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1964#400591—
1963#409553—
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1913#1,67013—
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First appearance
1905

The first year at least five girls were named Deana! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Deana is popular in 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #656 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,669 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedSDIowa: #310 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,360 girlsIAIndiana: #399 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,129 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #592 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,984 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedHITexas: #900 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,614 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Deana, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#310 · 1 in 3,360
  2. Indiana#399 · 1 in 5,129
  3. California#592 · 1 in 7,984
  4. Illinois#656 · 1 in 12,669
  5. Texas#900 · 1 in 12,614

Best ever in a state: #114 in Rhode Island, 1968.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#31061 in 3,360
Indiana#39961 in 5,129
California#592101 in 7,984
Illinois#65651 in 12,669
Texas#90061 in 12,614
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Deana
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 82 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,885)
  • 1,802 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #7,885)
  • 2,597 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1938 (#1,099 → #890)
  • Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1989 (#800 → #972)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1905
  • Peaked 1970 at #232 (1,363 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1938–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,283
  • Highest: 1 in 1,283 girls born in 1970 were named Deana (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Deana (7,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,931 (1905)#1,931
1910s68#1,670 (1913)#2,901
1920s145#2,011 (1929)#2,471
1930s279#890 (1938)#1,697
1940s859#773 (1948)#871
1950s2,407#479 (1959)#626
1960s6,792#248 (1969)#371
1970s7,074#232 (1970)#359
1980s2,775#531 (1981)#680
1990s1,665#883 (1990)#1,118
2000s986#1,356 (2000)#1,964
2010s324#2,978 (2012)#4,738
2020s83#6,083 (2020)#7,855

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Deana in 1944

girls
#855
79 births · 1 in 16,800 girls

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #855Deana79
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 16,800 of them was named Deana, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deana
  1. #850Leilani80
  2. #850Margarette80
  3. #850Syble80
  4. #855Deana79
  5. #855Andra79
  6. #855Clementine79
  7. #855Germaine79
  8. #862Annamarie78
  9. #862Cassie78
  10. #862Estela78

Tied with 6 names at #855; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1944 →