Deshaunda — girls' name
48 babies named Deshaunda in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 girls have been named Deshaunda since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 48
- total births
- 1972–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Deshaunda was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Deshaunda in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deshaunda
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Deshaunda between 1972 and 1992, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshaunda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshaunda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deshaunda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deshaunda 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 48 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.
Deshaunda at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deshaunda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
48 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 8 births in a single year.
Deshaunda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 20 births that decade — 42% of Deshaunda's all-time total
Deshaunda decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Deshaunda's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1972–1992 (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.