Girls' name · since 1927
Deaun
76 babies named Deaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Deaun is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 76 have been recorded since 1927.
Social Security Administration records show Deaun recorded 76 times among girls since 1927, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1980.
- #30,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deaun ranks #30,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #30,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Deaun's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deaun splits its recorded history at 1957: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1980
- Peak year (1957)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1980.
76 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 11 births in a single year.
Deaun by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (35 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Deaun's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Deaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
35 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 35 births (46% of all-time use).
Deaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Deaun's data
- Deaun's decade-level peak was the 1950s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- 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 Deaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1927–1980 (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 Deaun 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.
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