Boys' name · since 1993
Defonta
6 babies named Defonta in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,368 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Defonta sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 6 recorded since 1993.
Defonta has 6 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 1993.
- #37,368 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 6 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Defonta ranks #37,368 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,368 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Defonta's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Defonta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1993
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1993.
6 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 6 births in a single year.
Defonta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Defonta's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Defonta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
Defonta decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Defonta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1993–1993 (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 Defonta 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.
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