Girls' name · since 1961
Deresa
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 46 babies named Deresa, peaking in 1969. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
46 girls have been named Deresa since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deresa has 46 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1979.
- #35,903 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deresa ranks #35,903 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #35,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Deresa's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deresa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deresa's full recorded timeline at 1965, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1979
- Peak year (1969)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Deresa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (38 births, 83% of the file).
1960s was Deresa's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Deresa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 38 births (83% of all-time use).
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What to do with Deresa's data
- Deresa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deresa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
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, 1961–1979 (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 Deresa 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.