Deshanti — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deshanti

The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Deshanti between 2002 and 2013, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshanti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshanti performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Deshanti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deshanti in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deshanti 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 99 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.