Recorded 1988–2016 Girls' name Peak 2004 238 births

Deysy — girls' name

238 babies named Deysy in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s71990s852000s1352010s11
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Deysy was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

19 babies were named Deysy in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Deysy

The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Deysy between 1988 and 2016, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deysy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deysy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deysy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Deysy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deysy 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 238 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.

Deysy at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

238

Since 1988

29 years of records

Peak year

2004

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1988

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2016

Deysy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1988

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2004)
19
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
05101520 20162008200520021999199619931988 7

Deysy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
135 births that decade — 57% of Deysy's all-time total
1980s71990s852000s1352010s11

Deysy by state

Where Deysy concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Deysy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
40 16.8%
#2 Texas
10 4.2%
#3 Georgia
5 2.1%
California share of Deysy's total US births 16.8%
Even split

40 of 238 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deysy?
238 babies have been named Deysy since 1988. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2004 with 19 births.
When was Deysy most popular?
Deysy was most popular in the 2000s decade with 135 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Deysy most popular?
The top states for the name Deysy are California (40 births), Texas (10 births), Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Deysy been used?
Deysy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 29 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Deysy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Deyanira, Deysi, Deyonna, Deyanna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2016 (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.