Names / Girl names
Deepa
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,160
in 1981
First recorded
1968
in U.S. data
Children named
480
since 1968
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,160 in 1981 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(DEE-pah): Sanskrit-origin name tied to lamp or light. Classic, graceful, and deeply rooted. Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1968. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 480 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.