Deshone — #12607 US boys' name
288 babies named Deshone in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Deshone was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Deshone in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deshone
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Deshone between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deshone currently holds the #12607 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Deshone is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 51 additional births since 1969.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshone performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Deshone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deshone in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deshone 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 288 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.
Deshone at a glance
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Current rank
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Deshone popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #12607 among boys.
288 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 21 births in a single year.
Deshone popularity over time — girls
51 total births recorded since 1969 (Deshone as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Deshone accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Deshone by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 89 births that decade — 31% of Deshone's all-time total
Deshone decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deshone's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Deshone by state
Where Deshone concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 288 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.