Deena — #5432 US girls' name
13,639 babies named Deena in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Deena was born in this single decade.
593 babies were named Deena in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deena
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,639 babies named Deena between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deena currently holds the #5432 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 593 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,778 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Deena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,658 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Deena in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deena 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 13,639 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.
Deena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Deena popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1910
- Peak year (1970)
- 593
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
Currently ranks #5432 among girls.
13,639 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 593 births in a single year.
Deena popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1969 (Deena as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Deena accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Deena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 3,778 births that decade — 28% of Deena's all-time total
Deena decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,778 births
- Runner-up 3,103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Deena's strongest decade
3,778 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Deena by state
Where Deena concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,658 | 12.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,260 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 741 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 662 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 569 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 527 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 420 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 366 | 2.7% |
1,658 of 13,639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.2% of nationwide
- New York 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Deena appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1910–2024 (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.