Given name
Deshea
“a confident man”
Deshea is a variant of Deshae. One American interpretation is “a confident man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deshea is a variant of Deshae. One American interpretation is “a confident man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deshea is a variant of Deshae. An origin associated with Deshae is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deshea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 178
- 16 boys · 162 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 248 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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