Deanta
Déanta is an Irish traditional music band from Northern Ireland. The name of the band is the Irish word for done or made. The band was formed in the late 1980s in County Antrim and played until 1997, then regrouped in 2008. The band comprised members of the Irish traditional music scene in Ireland.
Meaning & Origin of Deanta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Déanta is an Irish traditional music band from Northern Ireland. The name of the band is the Irish word for done or made. The band was formed in the late 1980s in County Antrim and played until 1997, then regrouped in 2008. The band comprised members of the Irish traditional music scene in Ireland.
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The Story of Deanta
The earliest SSA record of Deanta as a baby boy name dates back to 1986, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Deanta — #5,361 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Deanta on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Deanta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 94 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Deanta
Deanta is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 94 births in the dataset. Deanta's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #5,361. Use the chart and map above to compare Deanta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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