Deana
Deana was given to 13 girls in 2025, #7,986 among girls’ names; 23,476 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 20,800 Americans named Deana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 45 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Deana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Deana?
#7,986 among girls’ names, 2025
Deana fell from #5,332 in 2015 to #7,986 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.0 to 8.1 per million.
1,363 babies in 1970, the peak
Deana peaked in 1970, when 1,363 girls were given it, #232 among girls’ names. The 13 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,986 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,072 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,517 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,729 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,349 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,133 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 20 | #6,031 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,870 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,552 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,182 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,332 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,926 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,790 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,981 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,677 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,372 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,429 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,190 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 92 | #2,165 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,231 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,166 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,928 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,833 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,711 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 110 | #1,654 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,357 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,407 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 158 | #1,178 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 169 | #1,112 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 146 | #1,214 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 154 | #1,137 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 155 | #1,145 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 166 | #1,087 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 182 | #1,024 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 191 | #982 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 219 | #883 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 179 | #969 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 231 | #800 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 217 | #807 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 243 | #732 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 271 | #668 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 305 | #591 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 323 | #563 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 297 | #603 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 355 | #531 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 354 | #534 | 0.21 |
| 1979 | 425 | #478 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 423 | #465 | 0.28 |
| 1977 | 459 | #446 | 0.30 |
| 1976 | 497 | #404 | 0.34 |
| 1975 | 616 | #351 | 0.42 |
| 1974 | 664 | #332 | 0.45 |
| 1973 | 754 | #309 | 0.52 |
| 1972 | 855 | #295 | 0.56 |
| 1971 | 1,018 | #281 | 0.61 |
| 1970 | 1,363 | #232 | 0.78 |
| 1969 | 1,193 | #248 | 0.71 |
| 1968 | 1,049 | #256 | 0.64 |
| 1967 | 783 | #309 | 0.47 |
| 1966 | 624 | #363 | 0.37 |
| 1965 | 536 | #401 | 0.30 |
| 1964 | 591 | #400 | 0.31 |
| 1963 | 553 | #409 | 0.29 |
| 1962 | 563 | #409 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 469 | #451 | 0.23 |
| 1960 | 431 | #468 | 0.21 |
| 1959 | 412 | #479 | 0.20 |
| 1958 | 347 | #521 | 0.17 |
| 1957 | 297 | #555 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 295 | #543 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 264 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 204 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 180 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 167 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 124 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 117 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 99 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 123 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 114 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 103 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 69 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 79 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 77 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 78 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 54 | #993 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 63 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 56 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 63 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,703 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,733 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,016 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,609 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,036 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,494 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,113 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,600 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,554 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,645 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 18 | #2,142 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,951 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,287 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,301 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,735 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,028 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,948 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,744 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,695 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,006 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Deana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Deana has been given almost only to girls: 14 boys in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Deana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Deana, and how old are they?
20,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 23,476 Americans ever recorded as Deana. The median Deana alive today is 55 years old; half are between 45 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 20,148 people named Deana (20,128 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,470 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 290 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,440 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,530 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 258 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Deana born?
The states with the most babies named Deana are California, Texas and New York, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,476 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,762 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 1,226 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 1,172 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,084 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 914 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 805 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 710 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 688 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 632 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Deana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Deana is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Deana with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Deana?
Deana is a less common spelling of Deanna: SSA has recorded 23,476 Deana and 134,743 Deanna since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 227,988 babies since 1880, Deana is the third most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13 of their 168 babies (7.7%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Deana
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Deana and names like it
- Compare Deana and DeannaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDeana peaked in 1970.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Deana since 1910.
- The top names of 1970The year the most babies were named Deana.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Deana alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.