Deka — girls' name
5 babies named Deka in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
5 girls have been named Deka since 2019, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 5
- total births
- 2019–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Deka was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Deka in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deka
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Deka between 2019 and 2019, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deka performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deka 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 5 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.
Deka at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 5 births in a single year.
Deka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Deka's all-time total
Deka decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Deka's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2019–2019 (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.