Girls' name · since 1976
Deshondra
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Deshondra, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
92 girls have been named Deshondra since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshondra has been recorded 92 times among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 1997.
- #28,005 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deshondra ranks #28,005 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deshondra's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deshondra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deshondra's full recorded timeline at 1988, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deshondra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1997
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Deshondra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (40 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Deshondra's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Deshondra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 40 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deshondra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1976–1997 (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 Deshondra 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.