Unisex name · since 1968
Deshane
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 238 babies named Deshane, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,950 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 238
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshane sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 238 recorded since 1968.
Deshane has 238 recorded births among boys since 1968, 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 1968 to 2013.
- #11,950 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 238 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshane ranks #11,950 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,950 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 238
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshane's 238 recorded births place it above 73.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deshane splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deshane popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2013
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Deshane popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 1974 (Deshane as girls' name)
Deshane by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (83 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Deshane's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Deshane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 83 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Deshane's decade-level peak was the 1990s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- 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 Deshane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1968–2013 (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 Deshane 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.