Deina
Deina is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Greek.
- Biblical Greek
Meaning & Origin of Deina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deina is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Greek
The Story of Deina
American parents first put Deina on the record books as a baby girl name in 1964, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 9 Deinas were born — ranking #4,634 that year. About 26% of every Deina on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Deina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 101 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Deina
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About the name Deina
Deina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1964 and has accumulated 101 births in the dataset. Deina's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #4,634. Use the chart and map above to compare Deina'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.