Recorded 1987–2018 Boys' name Peak 1996 276 births

Deantae — boys' name

276 babies named Deantae in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s201990s1192000s892010s48
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Deantae was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

17 babies were named Deantae in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Deantae

The Social Security Administration has registered 276 babies named Deantae between 1987 and 2018, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deantae currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deantae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deantae shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deantae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 276 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Deantae at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

276

Since 1987

32 years of records

Peak year

1996

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1987

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2018

Deantae popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1987

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1996)
17
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
05101520 201820132009200520011997199319891987 6

Deantae by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
119 births that decade — 43% of Deantae's all-time total
1980s201990s1192000s892010s48

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deantae?
276 babies have been named Deantae since 1987. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1996 with 17 births.
When was Deantae most popular?
Deantae was most popular in the 1990s decade with 119 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Deantae been used?
Deantae has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 32 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Deantae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dean, Deandre, Deangelo, Deacon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.