Boys' name · since 2006
Dekan
18 babies named Dekan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Dekan recorded 18 times among boys since 2006, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys 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 2006 to 2013.
- #29,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekan ranks #29,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekan's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dekan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dekan's full recorded timeline at 2007, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dekan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2013
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Dekan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Dekan's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Dekan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Dekan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dekan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
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, 2006–2013 (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 Dekan 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.