Deke — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deke

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Deke between 1949 and 2022, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deke currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deke performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Deke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deke in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deke 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 224 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.