Deta — girls' name
22 babies named Deta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Deta since 1918, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1975.
- 22
- total births
- 1918–1975
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Deta was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Deta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deta
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Deta between 1918 and 1975, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deta 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 22 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.
Deta at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1918
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
22 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 7 births in a single year.
Deta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 45% of Deta's all-time total
Deta decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Deta's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1918–1975 (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.