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Deanna

Gender
Girl
Say it
dee-AN-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,173 for girls

Deanna is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “divine, heavenly”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).

What does Deanna mean?

Latin: variant of Diana; also used as a feminine of Dean

“divine, heavenly”

Popularised by Deanna Durbin, a singing film star of the 1930s and 1940s.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Deanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Deanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Deanna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 69% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Deanna, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 208 girls.

Half of all the girls named Deanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 208 in 19962025
Deanna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
202410#2,644
20234#4,915
20229#2,805
20218#3,082
202018#1,708
201918#1,729
201826#1,335
201719#1,711
201614#2,111
20157#3,433
201415#1,976
201327#1,324
201227#1,293
201121#1,518
201021#1,527
200931#1,093
200841#876
200741#848
200630#1,019
200527#1,022
200444#706
200379#474
200251#609
200164#511
2000102#366
1999123#306
1998131#311
1997181#248
1996208#217

How popular is Deanna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,173among girls
Babies in 2025
85about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Deanna, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,769th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 4,331 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.

Half of all the girls named Deanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Deanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.

1899Busiest: 4,331 in 19702025
Deanna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202585#2,173
202480#2,303
202395#2,050
202297#2,006
2021103#1,910
2020112#1,769
2019126#1,668
2018147#1,488
2017164#1,400
2016187#1,286
2015210#1,193
2014233#1,092
2013279#915
2012281#917
2011325#817
2010396#712
2009499#604
2008525#594
2007557#549
2006573#529
2005639#478
2004674#451
2003714#421
2002855#348
2001842#353
20001,051#303
19991,132#277
19981,246#244
19971,344#222
19961,390#210
19951,586#187
19941,875#165
19931,938#161
19921,976#155
19911,879#158
19901,854#159
19891,757#162
19881,738#163
19871,638#170
19861,664#164
19851,817#156
19841,916#151
19831,923#149
19821,894#156
19811,940#146
19801,868#149
19791,950#145
19782,033#136
19772,093#138
19762,116#128
19752,276#126
19742,558#115
19732,796#111
19723,039#107
19713,791#95
19704,331#90
19694,068#88
19683,414#104
19673,348#104
19663,298#105
19653,406#110
19643,575#115
19633,122#133
19623,060#138
19612,683#156
19602,295#173
19591,828#194
19581,381#220
19571,287#236
19561,207#238
19551,072#254
1954980#268
1953886#279
1952818#284
1951910#256
1950891#253
1949968#240
19481,063#228
19471,263#210
19461,276#193
19451,187#175
19441,304#167
19431,573#160
19421,447#160
19411,856#137
19401,802#136
19391,805#133
19382,254#115
19371,624#139
193677#768
193529#1,356
193415#2,086
193313#2,274
19326#3,899
193110#2,748
19307#3,656
192911#2,736
19288#3,434
192716#2,255
192616#2,256
192510#3,115
192420#1,991
192319#2,021
192217#2,186
19215#5,097
19205#4,973
19198#3,450
19185#4,807
19170–
19165#4,415
19155#4,272
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19107#1,935
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18995#1,595

Nicknames for Deanna

Names like Deanna

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Diana Francesca Keira Jessica Kiara Cara Brianna Ffion Fiona Erin Kianna Cassidy

Other spellings of Deanna

Deana

Names related to Deanna

Dana Danna Deyana Dianna Deanne Daena Deeanna Dannia Deonna Dannae Dyanna

More Latin names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Deanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deanna, updated 20 October 2026.