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
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Defonta's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Last recorded 1993
Peak year (1993)
6
Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
6 1993 6

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Defonta?
Since 1993, Social Security records show 6 babies named Defonta. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #37,368 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 1993. Its busiest year on record was 1993, with 6 births.
Where does Defonta sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Defonta ranks #37,368 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Defonta most popular?
Defonta was most popular in the 1990s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Defonta been used?
The SSA has tracked Defonta since 1993 -- 1 year through the most recent 1993 data.
What names are similar to Defonta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Deforest, Deforrest. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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.

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.