Girls' name · since 1976
Deya
157 babies named Deya in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,293 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,216 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
157 babies have been named Deya since 1976, making it today's #12216 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Deya recorded 157 times among girls since 1976, holding rank #12216 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #22,293 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,216 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 157 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deya ranks #22,293 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,216 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 157 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,293 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,216 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deya's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Deya compares
157 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deya's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 157 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Deya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deya splits its recorded history at 2015: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Deya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Deya's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Deya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Deya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Deya 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.