Girls' name · since 1944
Deatrice
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.
- #10,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 621
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Deatrice sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 621 recorded since 1944.
Deatrice has 621 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1993.
- #10,324 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 621 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deatrice ranks #10,324 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 621 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #10,324 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 621
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Deatrice's 621 recorded births place it above 85.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
Deatrice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deatrice's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deatrice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1993
- Peak year (1962)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Deatrice by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (273 births, 44% of the file).
1960s was Deatrice's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Deatrice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 78
1950s
78 births
- 1960s
1960s
273 births
- 1970s
1970s
157 births
- 1980s 83
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 273 births (44% of all-time use).
How Deatrice compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Deatrice's total volume
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.
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- Deatrice's decade-level peak was the 1960s (273 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Deatrices (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deatrice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1944–1993 (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 Deatrice 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.