Deysha — girls' name
114 babies named Deysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
114 girls have been named Deysha since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 114
- total births
- 1991–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Deysha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Deysha in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deysha
The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Deysha between 1991 and 2022, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deysha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deysha 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 114 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.
Deysha at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1991
- Peak year (1996)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
114 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 16 births in a single year.
Deysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 56 births that decade — 49% of Deysha's all-time total
Deysha decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deysha's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1991–2022 (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.