Deetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,177 babies named Deetta between 1883 and 1991, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 247 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Deetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Deetta in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deetta 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 1,177 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.