Unisex name · since 1993
Dekoda
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Dekoda, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
56 boys have been named Dekoda since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dekoda has 56 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2019.
- #21,343 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 56 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekoda ranks #21,343 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekoda's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dekoda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dekoda splits its recorded history at 2005: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dekoda popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2019
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Dekoda popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 2002 (Dekoda as girls' name)
Dekoda by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (27 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Dekoda's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Dekoda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 27 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Dekoda's decade-level peak was the 2000s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dekoda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1993–2019 (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 Dekoda 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.