Dejanira — girls' name
100 babies named Dejanira in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
100 girls have been named Dejanira since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 100
- total births
- 1991–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Dejanira was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Dejanira in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dejanira
The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Dejanira between 1991 and 1998, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dejanira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dejanira performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dejanira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dejanira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 100 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dejanira at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dejanira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1991
- Peak year (1995)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
100 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 36 births in a single year.
Dejanira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 100 births that decade — 100% of Dejanira's all-time total
Dejanira decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dejanira's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.