Girls' name · since 1980
Deesha
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Deesha, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 22 have been recorded since 1980.
Deesha has 22 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2005.
- #44,632 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deesha ranks #44,632 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #44,632 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deesha's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deesha's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2005
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Deesha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Deesha's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Deesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1980–2005 (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 Deesha 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.