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Deanna

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~118,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,173 among girls
Births in 2025
85 134,743 since 1880
Typical age
53 years, median

Deanna popularity over time

Deanna rank by birth year, 1899–2025Deanna ranked #1,596 in 1899 and #2,173 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #88, in 1969.#100#1,000#2,173best #88 in 19691920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1899–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1970 is the peak year for Deanna, with 4,344 births. 1899 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It reaches the top 1,000 in 78 years of the record.

In 2025 it ranked #2,173 with 85 births. The ten-year change is -60%. It climbed 130 places against the previous year.

Babies named Deanna per yearPeaks at 4,344 births in 1970.4,344 in 197001920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Deanna?

An estimated 118,600 living Americans are called Deanna. SSA has recorded 134,743 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Deanna?

Half of living Deannas are older than 53, half younger. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Deanna a late 20th-century name.

Your Deanna

Ages of living people named DeannaHalf of living Deannas are older than 53 and half younger.median 53020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Deanna is most common

New York uses the name 1.4× as often as the country as a whole. Florida and Pennsylvania follow.

Where Deanna is used more than average3 states use the name Deanna more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.4× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.4× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.4× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Deanna is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 85 1.4×
Florida 88 1.4×
Pennsylvania 49 1.4×

Deanna in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Deanna ranked #4,201 in 2025 on 5 births. That is 71% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Deanna comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Latin.

Notable people named Deanna

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Deanna Durbin Canadian singer and actress 1921–2013 43
Deanna Russo American television actress 1979 21
Deanna Nolan American basketball player 1979 15
Deanna Lund American actress 1937–2018 14
Deanna Stellato-Dudek Canadian-American figure skater 1983 13
Deanna Dunagan American actress 1940 11
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Deanna

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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