Girls' name · since 1946
Deona
Deona has 1,172 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,400 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,172
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Deona is the #13400 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,172 recorded since 1946.
Deona has 1,172 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13400 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #6,728 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,400 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,172 born since 1946
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deona ranks #6,728 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,400 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,172 born since 1946, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,400 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,172
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deona's 1,172 recorded births place it above 90.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Deona compares
1,172 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deona's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,172 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Deona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deona splits its recorded history at 1986: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Deona by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (276 births, 24% of the file).
1990s was Deona's strongest decade.
276 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Deona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 38
1950s
38 births
- 1960s
1960s
154 births
- 1970s
1970s
193 births
- 1980s
1980s
197 births
- 1990s
1990s
276 births
- 2000s
2000s
202 births
- 2010s 85
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 276 births (24% of all-time use).
How Deona compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Deona's total volume
Deona by state
Where Deona concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
10 of 1,172 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Deona's data
- Deona's decade-level peak was the 1990s (276 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Deonas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Deona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Deona 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.