Deshanna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deshanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 339 babies named Deshanna between 1969 and 2000, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshanna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Deshanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Deshanna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deshanna 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 339 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.