Girls' name · since 1969
Deisha
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 321 babies named Deisha, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
321 girls have been named Deisha since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deisha has 321 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1969 to 2020.
- #15,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 321 born since 1969
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deisha ranks #15,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 321 born since 1969, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1969
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deisha's 321 recorded births place it above 78.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deisha's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2020
- Peak year (1998)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Deisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (127 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Deisha's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Deisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 47
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 127 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Deisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deisha: 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 (~51 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, 1969–2020 (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 Deisha 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.