Deshanda — girls' name
111 babies named Deshanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
111 girls have been named Deshanda since 1973, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1991.
- 111
- total births
- 1973–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Deshanda was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Deshanda in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deshanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Deshanda between 1973 and 1991, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deshanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deshanda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 111 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Deshanda at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deshanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1973
- Peak year (1974)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
111 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 16 births in a single year.
Deshanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 60 births that decade — 54% of Deshanda's all-time total
Deshanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Deshanda's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.