Boys' name · since 1991
Decarius
Decarius has 16 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,624 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Decarius sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 16 recorded since 1991.
Decarius has 16 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 1997.
- #30,624 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 16 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Decarius ranks #30,624 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,624 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 16
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Decarius's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Decarius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Decarius splits its recorded history at 1992: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Decarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1997
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1997.
16 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 6 births in a single year.
Decarius by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Decarius's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Decarius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
Decarius decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Decarius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1991–1997 (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 Decarius 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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