Boys' name · since 1989
Deronta
25 babies named Deronta in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,185 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deronta sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 25 recorded since 1989.
Deronta has 25 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1989 to 1996.
- #27,185 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deronta ranks #27,185 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,185 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deronta's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deronta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deronta's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deronta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Deronta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 72% of the file).
1990s was Deronta's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Deronta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deronta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1989–1996 (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 Deronta 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.