Boys' name · since 1929
Depriest
21 babies named Depriest in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,573 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Depriest is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 21 have been recorded since 1929.
Depriest has 21 recorded births among boys since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1988.
- #28,573 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1929
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Depriest ranks #28,573 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1929, peaking in the 1930s.
- #28,573 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Depriest's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Depriest's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Depriest splits its recorded history at 1930: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Depriest popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1988
- Peak year (1930)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Depriest by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1930s was Depriest's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Depriest births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Depriest's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Depriest: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1930)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1929–1988 (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 Depriest 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.