Girls' name · since 1978
Deonica
47 babies named Deonica in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deonica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Deonica recorded 47 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1996.
- #35,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deonica ranks #35,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deonica's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deonica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deonica's full recorded timeline at 1990, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deonica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1996
- Peak year (1985)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Deonica by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Deonica's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Deonica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deonica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1978–1996 (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 Deonica 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.