Unisex name · since 1995
Deshai
22 babies named Deshai in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Deshai since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deshai has 22 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1995 to 1999.
- #44,645 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshai ranks #44,645 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #44,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshai's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deshai's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deshai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1999
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Deshai popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Deshai as boys' name)
Deshai by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Deshai's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Deshai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deshai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 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, 1995–1999 (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 Deshai 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.