Deshauna — girls' name
293 babies named Deshauna in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
293 girls have been named Deshauna since 1976, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2009.
- 293
- total births
- 1976–2009
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Deshauna was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Deshauna in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deshauna
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Deshauna between 1976 and 2009, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshauna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshauna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deshauna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deshauna 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 293 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.
Deshauna at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deshauna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1976
- Peak year (1999)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
293 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 20 births in a single year.
Deshauna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 133 births that decade — 45% of Deshauna's all-time total
Deshauna decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deshauna's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1976–2009 (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.