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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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1916#4,4175—
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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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #122 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 467 girlsAKMaine: #154 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 767 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #161 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 829 girlsNHWashington: #169 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 872 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #154 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 890 girlsMNIllinois: #147 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 819 girlsILWisconsin: #150 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 895 girlsWIMichigan: #143 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 809 girlsMINew York: #119 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 687 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 827 girlsMARhode Island: #115 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 519 girlsRIOregon: #363 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,241 girlsORNevada: #127 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 566 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedSDIowa: #209 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsIAIndiana: #219 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,414 girlsINOhio: #137 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 789 girlsOHPennsylvania: #137 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 768 girlsPANew Jersey: #107 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 596 girlsNJConnecticut: #143 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 781 girlsCTCalifornia: #181 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedUTColorado: #237 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,391 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deanna, so not publishedNEMissouri: #180 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsMOKentucky: #181 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsKYWest Virginia: #186 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,083 girlsWVVirginia: #158 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 944 girlsVAMaryland: #170 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 999 girlsMDDelaware: #101 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 438 girlsDEArizona: #122 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 663 girlsAZNew Mexico: #180 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 847 girlsNMKansas: #245 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsKSArkansas: #130 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 687 girlsARTennessee: #172 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 998 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #108 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 628 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #148 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 781 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #209 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 885 girlsDCOklahoma: #205 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,160 girlsOKLouisiana: #242 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,316 girlsLAMississippi: #100 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 481 girlsMSAlabama: #186 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,081 girlsALGeorgia: #165 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 955 girlsGAHawaii: #257 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 995 girlsHITexas: #215 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 1,222 girlsTXFlorida: #142 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 848 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#100 · 1 in 481
  2. Delaware#101 · 1 in 438
  3. New Jersey#107 · 1 in 596
  4. North Carolina#108 · 1 in 628
  5. Rhode Island#115 · 1 in 519

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#100281 in 481
Delaware#10181 in 438
New Jersey#107761 in 596
North Carolina#108611 in 628
Rhode Island#115101 in 519
New York#1191661 in 687
Alaska#12271 in 467
Arizona#122381 in 663
Nevada#127101 in 566
Arkansas#130181 in 687
Ohio#137871 in 789
Pennsylvania#137911 in 768
Florida#142861 in 848
Connecticut#143241 in 781
Massachusetts#143451 in 827
Michigan#143711 in 809
Illinois#147901 in 819
South Carolina#148241 in 781
Wisconsin#150321 in 895
Maine#15481 in 767
Minnesota#154311 in 890
Virginia#158381 in 944
New Hampshire#16181 in 829
Georgia#165421 in 955
Washington#169321 in 872
Maryland#170261 in 999
Tennessee#172291 in 998
Missouri#180301 in 1,056
New Mexico#180111 in 847
California#1812261 in 1,011
Kentucky#181201 in 1,023
Alabama#186201 in 1,081
West Virginia#18681 in 1,083
Oklahoma#205151 in 1,160
District of Columbia#20971 in 885
Iowa#209131 in 1,203
Texas#2151051 in 1,222
Indiana#219241 in 1,414
Colorado#237151 in 1,391
Louisiana#242201 in 1,316
Kansas#245101 in 1,432
Hawaii#25751 in 995
Oregon#36371 in 2,241
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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 1988

girls
#163
1,738 births · 1 in 1,025 girls
boys
#5,751
7 births · 1 in 273,469 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #163Deanna1,738

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #5,751Deanna7
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,025 of them was named Deanna, which outranked 98.8% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deanna
  1. #160Emma1,795
  2. #161Robin1,765
  3. #162Heidi1,746
  4. #163Deanna1,738
  5. #164Ebony1,726
  6. #165Grace1,708
  7. #166Angel1,704
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 273,469 of them was named Deanna, which outranked 32.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deanna
  1. #5,200Zakariah8
  2. #5,200Zan8
  3. #5,200Zubair8
  4. #5,751Deanna7
  5. #5,751Aakash7
  6. #5,751Abdias7
  7. #5,751Abelino7
  8. #6,426Abdon6
  9. #6,426Abdrew6
  10. #6,426Abed6

Tied with 674 names at #5,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →