Decoda — boys' name
88 babies named Decoda in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
88 boys have been named Decoda since 1992, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 88
- total births
- 1992–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Decoda was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Decoda in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Decoda
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Decoda between 1992 and 2007, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Decoda currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Decoda performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Decoda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Decoda 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 88 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.
Decoda at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Decoda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1992
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
88 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 17 births in a single year.
Decoda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 63 births that decade — 72% of Decoda's all-time total
Decoda decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Decoda's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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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, 1992–2007 (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.