Girls' name · since 1973
Deshona
46 babies named Deshona in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 46 have been recorded since 1973.
Deshona has 46 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2001.
- #35,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshona ranks #35,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshona's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deshona's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deshona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2001
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Deshona by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Deshona's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Deshona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Deshona's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Deshona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1973–2001 (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 Deshona 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.