Girls' name · since 1992
Deira
Deira has 73 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
73 girls have been named Deira since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Deira recorded 73 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2006.
- #30,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deira ranks #30,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Deira's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deira's full recorded timeline at 2001, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Deira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (41 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Deira's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Deira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (56% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Deira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1992–2006 (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 Deira 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.