Girls' name · since 1965
Deannah
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Deannah, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deannah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 107 recorded since 1965.
Deannah has 107 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2015.
- #26,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1965
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deannah ranks #26,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1965, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deannah's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deannah's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2015
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Deannah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (46 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Deannah's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Deannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Deannah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Deannah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.