How rare is the name Deyanira?

3,788 people in the United States have the first name Deyanira, about 1 in 79,734. It ranks #4,780 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DEYANIRA

#4,780

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,788
About
1 in 79,734
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,788 people named Deyanira, 98.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deyanira peaked in 1993, when 201 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
201
In 2025*
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,957 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Deyanira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,253. The largest share of babies named Deyanira, 42.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,71831
1970s#5,731180
1980s#5,258267
1990s#3,253743
2000s#5,362502
2010s#11,341182
2020s#17,65452
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–8011.3%
Millennials 1981–9642.6%
Generation Z 1997–1237.9%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deyanira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deyanira has been most common in Texas (7.6×), California (2.9×), and New York (0.39×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

1,177 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Deyanira

1 other first name also has 3,788 people.

#4,780 Santosh · 3,788

Either side of Deyanira

#4,778 Tresa · 3,792#4,779 Dao · 3,790#4,780 Santosh · 3,788#4,782 Delvin · 3,786

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deyanira, most common first.

#37,148 Deyaneira · 211

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