Deatrice — girls' name
621 babies named Deatrice in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
621 girls have been named Deatrice since 1944, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1993.
- 621
- total births
- 1944–1993
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Deatrice was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Deatrice in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deatrice
The Social Security Administration has registered 621 babies named Deatrice between 1944 and 1993, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deatrice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deatrice performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Deatrice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Deatrice in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deatrice 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 621 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.
Deatrice at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deatrice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1944
- Peak year (1962)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
621 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 39 births in a single year.
Deatrice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 273 births that decade — 44% of Deatrice's all-time total
Deatrice decade highlights
- Peak decade 273 births
- Runner-up 157 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Deatrice's strongest decade
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Deatrice by state
Where Deatrice concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 14 | 2.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.8% |
14 of 621 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1944–1993 (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.