Girls' name · since 1969
Dechelle
75 babies named Dechelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dechelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 75 have been recorded since 1969.
Social Security Administration records show Dechelle recorded 75 times among girls since 1969, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1996.
- #30,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 75 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dechelle ranks #30,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dechelle's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dechelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dechelle's full recorded timeline at 1991, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dechelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1996
- Peak year (1993)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Dechelle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (38 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Dechelle's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Dechelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 38 births (51% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dechelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1969–1996 (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 Dechelle 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.