Boys' name · since 1971
Deshan
Deshan has 253 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 253
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 253 have been recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshan has been recorded 253 times among boys since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used boys 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 1971 to 2023.
- #11,590 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 253 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshan ranks #11,590 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 253 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,590 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 253
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshan's 253 recorded births place it above 74.47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deshan splits its recorded history at 1997: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deshan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2023
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Deshan popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1973 (Deshan as girls' name)
Deshan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (83 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Deshan's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Deshan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 83 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Deshan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Deshan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1971–2023 (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 Deshan 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.