Deshanta — girls' name
61 babies named Deshanta in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
61 girls have been named Deshanta since 1971, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 61
- total births
- 1971–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Deshanta was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Deshanta in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deshanta
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Deshanta between 1971 and 1995, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshanta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshanta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deshanta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deshanta 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 61 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.
Deshanta at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deshanta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1971
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
61 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 8 births in a single year.
Deshanta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 39% of Deshanta's all-time total
Deshanta decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deshanta's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1971–1995 (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.