Deeksha — girls' name
296 babies named Deeksha in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
296 girls have been named Deeksha since 1998, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 296
- total births
- 1998–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Deeksha was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Deeksha in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deeksha
The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Deeksha between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deeksha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deeksha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deeksha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deeksha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deeksha 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 296 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.
Deeksha at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deeksha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1998
- Peak year (2012)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
296 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 29 births in a single year.
Deeksha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 176 births that decade — 59% of Deeksha's all-time total
Deeksha decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Deeksha's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Deeksha by state
Where Deeksha concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 5.7% |
17 of 296 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2023 (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.