Girls' name · since 1991
Dejanira
Dejanira has 100 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejanira sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 100 recorded since 1991.
Dejanira has 100 recorded births among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 1998.
- #27,093 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 100 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dejanira ranks #27,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 100 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 100
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dejanira's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Dejanira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dejanira's full recorded timeline at 1995, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dejanira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1998
- Peak year (1995)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Dejanira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (100 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Dejanira's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dejanira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 100 births (100% of all-time use).
Dejanira by state
Where Dejanira concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 6.0% |
6 of 100 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Dejaniras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dejanira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1991–1998 (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 Dejanira 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.