Meaning and history
Deanna is either a variant of Diana or a feminine form of Dean. The name was popularized by the Canadian actress and singer Deanna Durbin (1921–2013), whose birth name was Edna and whose stage name was a rearrangement of the letters in her real name.
Deanna rose from #917 to #916 for girls between 2012 and 2013. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 4,331 births.