# Deanna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deanna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /diːˈænə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 134,743 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 266 / 134,477 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,350, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 325 | 818 |
| 2012 | 281 | 917 |
| 2013 | 279 | 916 |
| 2014 | 233 | 1,094 |
| 2015 | 210 | 1,193 |
| 2016 | 187 | 1,289 |
| 2017 | 164 | 1,402 |
| 2018 | 147 | 1,489 |
| 2019 | 126 | 1,671 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,771 |
| 2021 | 103 | 1,917 |
| 2022 | 97 | 2,009 |
| 2023 | 95 | 2,051 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,314 |
| 2025 | 85 | 2,175 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 12 | 2,858 |
| 1973 | 11 | 3,059 |
| 1974 | 12 | 2,987 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,039 |
| 1978 | 11 | 3,449 |
| 1982 | 12 | 3,529 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,601 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,774 |
| 1986 | 5 | 6,973 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,642 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,908 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,758 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,575 |
| 1993 | 7 | 6,980 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,762 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Deanna

- Deanna Durbin, Canadian singer and actress (1921-2013)
- DeAnna Price, American hammer thrower
- Deanna Russo, American television actress
- Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
- Deanna Lund, American actress (1937-2018)
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Canadian-American figure skater
- Deanna Dunagan, American actress
- Deanna Bogart, American blues singer, pianist, and saxophone player
- Lisa Rinna, actor, writer
- Tiana Lynn, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.