Girls' name · since 1979
Deserea
216 babies named Deserea in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deserea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 216 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deserea has been recorded 216 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2006.
- #19,014 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 216 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deserea ranks #19,014 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 216
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deserea's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deserea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deserea's full recorded timeline at 1990, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deserea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2006
- Peak year (1990)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Deserea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (112 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Deserea's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Deserea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
112 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 112 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Deserea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2000s -- 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 Deserea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1979–2006 (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 Deserea 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.