Girls' name · peaked in 1970

Deana name popularity since 1925

23,330 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Deana. Half of them were born in 1970 or earlier, so the typical Deana is about 56 years old in 2026. Deana peaked in 1970 as the #232 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 23,330; Named Deana, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1970; #232 for girls that year
Typical age: About 56; Median birth year 1970
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #7,988 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 23,316 girls · 14 boys
Most popular in: Oklahoma; 2.18× its national share

Peak year is the year Deana made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Deana births per year, 1925–2025

1970 was the biggest year for Deana both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Deana became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 3,290 baby girls to 1 in 1,280.
Steepest fall: Between 1975 and 1980, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 2,370 to 1 in 4,690.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Deana's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Deana.

Decade by decade

Babies named Deana in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	72	0	–
1930s	279	0	#1,733
1940s	859	0	#904
1950s	2,407	0	#559
1960s	6,792	0	#401
1970s	7,074	14	#351
1980s	2,775	0	#668
1990s	1,665	0	#1,140
2000s	986	0	#2,167
2010s	324	0	#5,334
2020–25	83	0	#7,988

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

49.8% of babies named Deana from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Deana is most popular

The index compares Deana's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Deana.

State	Index	Babies
Oklahoma	2.18×	560
Kansas	1.60×	321
Kentucky	1.49×	493
Missouri	1.47×	632
Indiana	1.27×	591

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Deana and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Deana (this page)	23,316	1970
Deanna	134,376	1970

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Deana's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Deana.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Deana (1970).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data