Dequana — girls' name
34 babies named Dequana in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Dequana was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dequana in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dequana
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Dequana between 1985 and 1995, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dequana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dequana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dequana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dequana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 34 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dequana at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dequana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1985
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
34 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 7 births in a single year.
Dequana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 22 births that decade — 65% of Dequana's all-time total
Dequana decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dequana's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.