Deetta
Deetta is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 953rd, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194134 births
- Best rank
- #953in 1883
- Since 1883
- 1,177people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,177 girls have been named Deetta in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1941, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 21%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Deetta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 93 | |
| 1920s | 148 | |
| 1930s | 140 | |
| 1940s | 247 | |
| 1950s | 217 | |
| 1960s | 182 | |
| 1970s | 96 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 10 |
In 1941, its biggest year
Deetta was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1941 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Carol and Linda. See all of 1941.
Names that rose and fell with Deetta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgannapeak 1946
- Eileenpeak 1947
- Georgettapeak 1946
- Thomasinepeak 1950
- Vandapeak 1960
- Lorethapeak 1954
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Vernettepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.