Girls' name · since 1984
Deshayla
Deshayla has 233 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshayla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 233 have been recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshayla has been recorded 233 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2017.
- #18,264 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 233 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshayla ranks #18,264 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshayla's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deshayla splits its recorded history at 2000: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deshayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2017
- Peak year (2001)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Deshayla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Deshayla's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Deshayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Deshayla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deshayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Deshayla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.