Deina

Girls' name

Form of Dinah

Deina has been given to 101 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1964, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Deina, 2016

1 in 524,000

Deina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deina: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Dinah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deina means

Deina is a form of Dinah.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Deina is used in Biblical Greek.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Deina → Dinah. The family’s meaning is “judged, vindicated”, recorded in English with the source elements dīna.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dinah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 101 girls were recorded with the name Deina between 1964 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1964; its best national rank was #4,700 in 1964.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Deina?

Deina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 524,000; 7 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 253,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 363,362 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Deina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2016 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 363,362 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deina was born before 1975 — so the typical Deina is around 50 today.

Median birth year: 1975; About 50 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 25.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 34.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 101; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 25.7% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Deina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1964 (9)
Years since peak: 61; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,700; 1964

Spellings of Deina

Deina is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 17.3% against Deina's <0.01%.

Donna17.3%831,641
Debra11.5%550,695
Diana7.7%368,487
Edna6.1%295,116
Tina6.1%292,146
Dana4.0%193,555
Regina3.8%184,272
Gina3.2%153,057

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Deina around the world

Where Deina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2021
#5,581
in 2021
France
2007–2025
#5,303
in 2025
South Australia
1969–1969
#731
in 1969

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Deina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,700; 1964
Peak year: 1964; 9 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 101
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Deina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Deia Deily Ghina Deion Deilyn Keina Deira Deicy Seina Deilany Deilani Afina Ilina Masina Zalina Faina Aalina Ravina Kamina Atina Yasina Evina Navina Rejina

Sibling names for Deina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lanette Kenneth Twyla Jacquline Sarita Kandy Jonna Edie

For a brother

Richie Kennedy Greggory Lyndon Berry Robby Chet Kip

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