Girls' name · since 1946
Deonna
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 3,756 babies named Deonna, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #3,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,756
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
3,756 babies have been named Deonna since 1946, making it today's #10217 girls' name.
Deonna has 3,756 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10217 as of the latest data, more common than 41% 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.
- #3,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,217 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,756 born since 1946
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deonna ranks #3,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,217 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,756 born since 1946, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,756
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deonna's 3,756 recorded births place it above 95.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Deonna compares
3,756 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Deonna's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deonna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,756 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 108 | 21 | 19,840 |
Deonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deonna's full recorded timeline at 1988, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 108 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deonna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 108
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Deonna popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Deonna as boys' name)
Deonna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (974 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Deonna's strongest decade.
974 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Deonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 79
1950s
79 births
- 1960s 303
1960s
303 births
- 1970s
1970s
477 births
- 1980s
1980s
607 births
- 1990s
1990s
974 births
- 2000s
2000s
775 births
- 2010s
2010s
433 births
- 2020s 102
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 974 births (26% of all-time use).
How Deonna 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 Deonna's total volume
Deonna by state
Where Deonna concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 205 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 152 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 135 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 123 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 113 | 3.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 89 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 83 | 2.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 77 | 2.1% |
205 of 3,756 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Deonna appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Deonna's data
- Deonna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (974 total births); usage has since declined to 102 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Deonnas (205 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Deonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
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 Deonna 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.