Dechen
Dechen is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term mahāsukha. It is commonly used in Bhutan, Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet.
Meaning & Origin of Dechen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dechen is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term mahāsukha. It is commonly used in Bhutan, Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet.
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The Story of Dechen
American parents first put Dechen on the record books as a baby girl name in 2002, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 6 Dechens were born — ranking #13,595 that year. About 55% of every Dechen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dechen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Dechen
Dechen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Dechen's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #13,595. Use the chart and map above to compare Dechen'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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