Deanna

#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1969 · 4,068 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
134,477
since 1899

Deanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #88, 1969girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,17385—
2024#2,30380—
2023#2,05095—
2022#2,00697—
2021#1,910103—
2020#1,769112—
2019#1,668126—
2018#1,488147—
2017#1,400164—
2016#1,286187—
2015#1,193210—
2014#1,092233—
2013#915279—
2012#917281—
2011#817325—
2010#712396—
2009#604499—
2008#594525—
2007#549557—
2006#529573—
2005#478639—
2004#451674#11,3565
2003#421714—
2002#348855—
2001#353842—
2000#3031,051—
1999#2771,132—
1998#2441,246—
1997#2221,344—
1996#2101,390—
1995#1871,586—
1994#1651,875—
1993#1611,938#6,8167
1992#1551,976—
1991#1581,879—
1990#1591,854#6,4157
1989#1621,757#5,6158
1988#1631,738#5,7517
1987#1701,638#4,5739
1986#1641,664#6,7215
1985#1561,817#6,5235
1984#1511,916—
1983#1491,923#4,4998
1982#1561,894#3,48212
1981#1461,940—
1980#1491,868—
1979#1451,950—
1978#1362,033#3,40011
1977#1382,093—
1976#1282,116—
1975#1262,276#3,9418
1974#1152,558#2,94612
1973#1112,796#3,01311
1972#1073,039#2,81912
1971#953,791#2,12619
1970#904,331#2,62113
1969#884,068#3,3148
1968#1043,414#2,9079
1967#1043,348#3,2317
1966#1053,298#2,62710
1965#1103,406—
1964#1153,575#3,2827
1963#1333,122#2,53911
1962#1383,060#2,50411
1961#1562,683—
1960#1732,295#4,0385
1959#1941,828—
1958#2201,381—
1957#2361,287—
1956#2381,207—
1955#2541,072—
1954#268980—
1953#279886—
1952#284818—
1951#256910—
1950#253891—
1949#240968—
1948#2281,063—
1947#2101,263—
1946#1931,276—
1945#1751,187—
1944#1671,304#3,1096
1943#1601,573—
1942#1601,447—
1941#1371,856#2,8727
1940#1361,802#2,8717
1939#1331,805#3,1136
1938#1152,254#3,1756
1937#1391,624#2,9057
1936#76877—
1935#1,35629—
1934#2,08715—
1933#2,27513—
1932#3,9016—
1931#2,75010—
1930#3,6587—
1929#2,73711—
1928#3,4368—
1927#2,25616—
1926#2,25716—
1925#3,11610—
1924#1,99220—
1923#2,02119—
1922#2,18617—
1921#5,0995—
1920#4,9755—
1919#3,4528—
1918#4,8095—
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Deanna! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Deanna is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedAKMaine: #124 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 568 girlsMEVermont: #92 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 336 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #97 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 384 girlsNHWashington: #42 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 179 girlsWAIdaho: #38 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 161 girlsIDMontana: #31 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 130 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #110 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 439 girlsNDMinnesota: #57 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 228 girlsMNIllinois: #100 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 456 girlsILWisconsin: #71 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 323 girlsWIMichigan: #65 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 276 girlsMINew York: #105 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 497 girlsNYMassachusetts: #118 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 739 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedRIOregon: #29 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 118 girlsORNevada: #24 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 58 girlsNVWyoming: #30 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 99 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #29 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 107 girlsSDIowa: #59 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 259 girlsIAIndiana: #73 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 330 girlsINOhio: #90 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 415 girlsOHPennsylvania: #116 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 576 girlsPANew Jersey: #124 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 650 girlsNJConnecticut: #113 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 580 girlsCTCalifornia: #58 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 226 girlsCAUtah: #15 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 71 girlsUTColorado: #80 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 306 girlsCONebraska: #49 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 201 girlsNEMissouri: #91 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 419 girlsMOKentucky: #165 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 806 girlsKYWest Virginia: #121 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 544 girlsWVVirginia: #195 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsVAMaryland: #126 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 622 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedDEArizona: #119 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 391 girlsAZNew Mexico: #194 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 792 girlsNMKansas: #46 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 202 girlsKSArkansas: #201 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 891 girlsARTennessee: #234 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,428 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #253 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,848 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #143 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 678 girlsOKLouisiana: #102 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 397 girlsLAMississippi: #360 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,819 girlsMSAlabama: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,865 girlsALGeorgia: #331 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,801 girlsGAHawaii: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 605 girlsHITexas: #178 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 790 girlsTXFlorida: #178 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 754 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#15 · 1 in 71
  2. Nevada#24 · 1 in 58
  3. South Dakota#29 · 1 in 107
  4. Oregon#29 · 1 in 118
  5. Wyoming#30 · 1 in 99

Best ever in a state: #15 in Utah, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#15671 in 71
Nevada#2471 in 58
Oregon#29531 in 118
South Dakota#29431 in 107
Wyoming#30161 in 99
Montana#31301 in 130
Idaho#38261 in 161
Washington#42611 in 179
Kansas#46611 in 202
Nebraska#49451 in 201
Minnesota#57921 in 228
California#581971 in 226
Iowa#59731 in 259
Michigan#651531 in 276
Wisconsin#71741 in 323
Indiana#73791 in 330
Colorado#80291 in 306
Ohio#901231 in 415
Missouri#91641 in 419
Vermont#9271 in 336
New Hampshire#9781 in 384
Illinois#1001211 in 456
Louisiana#102561 in 397
New York#1051721 in 497
North Dakota#110121 in 439
Connecticut#113171 in 580
Pennsylvania#1161291 in 576
Massachusetts#118381 in 739
Arizona#119121 in 391
West Virginia#121351 in 544
Maine#124111 in 568
New Jersey#124381 in 650
Maryland#126201 in 622
Oklahoma#143301 in 678
Kentucky#165351 in 806
Hawaii#16951 in 605
Florida#178181 in 754
Texas#178731 in 790
New Mexico#19471 in 792
Virginia#195211 in 1,135
Arkansas#201211 in 891
Tennessee#234191 in 1,428
North Carolina#253201 in 1,848
Georgia#331111 in 2,801
Mississippi#36081 in 2,819
Alabama#48051 in 5,865
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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 Deanna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 130 spots since 2024 (#2,303 → #2,173)
  • 404 spots since 2020 (#1,769 → #2,173)
  • 980 spots since 2015 (#1,193 → #2,173)
  • Biggest jump: 629 spots in 1937 (#768 → #139)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2014 (#915 → #1,092)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1969 at #88 (4,068 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1969–1971
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1936–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 404
  • Highest: 1 in 404 girls born in 1970 were named Deanna (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,909 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #88 in 1969, was only 1 in 415 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 24.0% of all girls named Deanna (32,269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,596 (1899)#1,596
1900s0——
1910s30#1,935 (1910)#3,777
1920s127#1,992 (1924)#3,008
1930s5,840#115 (1938)#1,718
1940s13,739#136 (1940)#181
1950s11,260#194 (1959)#248
1960s32,269#88 (1969)#123
1970s26,983#90 (1970)#119
1980s18,155#146 (1981)#157
1990s16,220#155 (1992)#194
2000s6,929#303 (2000)#463
2010s2,348#712 (2010)#1,149
2020s572#1,769 (2020)#2,035

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.

Deanna in 1938

girls
#115
2,254 births · 1 in 490 girls
boys
#3,175
6 births · 1 in 184,858 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #115Deanna2,254

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #3,175Deanna6
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 490 of them was named Deanna, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deanna
  1. #112Bernice2,290
  2. #113Eileen2,282
  3. #113Kathryn2,282
  4. #115Deanna2,254
  5. #116Marcia2,169
  6. #117Constance2,161
  7. #118Marion2,150
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 184,858 of them was named Deanna, which outranked 21.3% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deanna
  1. #2,868Worthy7
  2. #2,868York7
  3. #2,868Zeke7
  4. #3,175Deanna6
  5. #3,175Abelino6
  6. #3,175Adolphe6
  7. #3,175Adolpho6
  8. #3,534Able5
  9. #3,534Abundio5
  10. #3,534Adams5

Tied with 358 names at #3,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →