Desmond
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547 · #376 for boys in 2025, 839 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 1,069 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 40,031since 1904
Desmond over time
Rank among boys' names. Desmond has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #376 | 839 | |
| 2024 | — | #368 | 891 | |
| 2023 | — | #399 | 797 | |
| 2022 | — | #363 | 907 | |
| 2021 | — | #354 | 920 | |
| 2020 | — | #361 | 862 | |
| 2019 | — | #369 | 863 | |
| 2018 | — | #323 | 1,030 | |
| 2017 | — | #327 | 1,047 | |
| 2016 | — | #371 | 894 | |
| 2015 | — | #351 | 962 | |
| 2014 | — | #330 | 1,035 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #329 | 984 |
| 2012 | — | #339 | 924 | |
| 2011 | — | #355 | 843 | |
| 2010 | — | #349 | 878 | |
| 2009 | — | #383 | 789 | |
| 2008 | — | #412 | 720 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #425 | 676 |
| 2006 | — | #463 | 583 | |
| 2005 | — | #472 | 530 | |
| 2004 | — | #466 | 543 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #454 | 556 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #421 | 584 |
| 2001 | — | #397 | 636 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #375 | 699 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #351 | 742 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #352 | 741 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #308 | 885 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #375 | 626 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #361 | 667 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #359 | 670 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #336 | 752 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #264 | 1,069 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #308 | 835 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #287 | 871 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #315 | 759 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #316 | 692 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #339 | 594 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #301 | 676 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #301 | 677 |
| 1984 | — | #430 | 376 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #441 | 355 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #454 | 356 |
| 1981 | — | #423 | 387 | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #347 | 528 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #383 | 443 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #332 | 528 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #407 | 370 |
| 1976 | — | #497 | 257 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #518 | 240 |
| 1974 | — | #447 | 313 | |
| 1973 | — | #467 | 279 | |
| 1972 | — | #501 | 246 | |
| 1971 | — | #534 | 225 | |
| 1970 | — | #630 | 165 | |
| 1969 | — | #687 | 132 | |
| 1968 | — | #666 | 127 | |
| 1967 | — | #615 | 148 | |
| 1966 | — | #672 | 121 | |
| 1965 | — | #665 | 124 | |
| 1964 | — | #665 | 134 | |
| 1963 | — | #723 | 117 | |
| 1962 | — | #763 | 100 | |
| 1961 | — | #793 | 92 | |
| 1960 | — | #825 | 85 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,090 | 49 | |
| 1956 | — | #999 | 56 | |
| 1955 | — | #949 | 62 | |
| 1954 | — | #918 | 65 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,297 | 33 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,097 | 43 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,213 | 36 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,257 | 31 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1926 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,133 | 40 | |
| 1923 | — | #954 | 52 | |
| 1922 | — | #840 | 66 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Desmond! It came in at #874, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Desmond is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#277 · 1 in 1,588
- North Carolina#308 · 1 in 2,610
- Alabama#328 · 1 in 2,832
- Mississippi#332 · 1 in 2,609
- New York#335 · 1 in 3,217
Best ever in a state: #64 in Vermont, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #277 | 19 | 1 in 1,588 |
| North Carolina | #308 | 14 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Alabama | #328 | 9 | 1 in 2,832 |
| Mississippi | #332 | 7 | 1 in 2,609 |
| New York | #335 | 35 | 1 in 3,217 |
| South Carolina | #337 | 7 | 1 in 2,830 |
| Oklahoma | #366 | 5 | 1 in 3,731 |
| Indiana | #405 | 7 | 1 in 5,599 |
| Michigan | #410 | 12 | 1 in 5,155 |
| Florida | #469 | 10 | 1 in 4,796 |
| Georgia | #475 | 7 | 1 in 5,203 |
| New Jersey | #511 | 6 | 1 in 6,882 |
| Texas | #522 | 20 | 1 in 5,354 |
| Illinois | #524 | 12 | 1 in 6,521 |
| Ohio | #524 | 8 | 1 in 9,573 |
| California | #710 | 14 | 1 in 10,863 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Desmond
- 8 spots since 2024 (#368 → #376)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#361 → #376)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#351 → #376)
- Biggest jump: 520 spots in 1922 (#1,360 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 304 spots in 1927 (#963 → #1,267)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1992 at #264 (1,069 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1959–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,763 boys born in 2018 were named Desmond (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,036 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #264 in 1992, was only 1 in 1,868 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.6% of all boys named Desmond (9,460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 14 | #874 (1904) | #1,046 |
| 1910s | 164 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,542 |
| 1920s | 380 | #840 (1922) | #1,223 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,170 (1931) | #1,428 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,213 (1947) | #1,439 |
| 1950s | 492 | #918 (1954) | #1,080 |
| 1960s | 1,180 | #615 (1967) | #707 |
| 1970s | 3,066 | #332 (1978) | #472 |
| 1980s | 5,400 | #301 (1985) | #367 |
| 1990s | 7,858 | #264 (1992) | #330 |
| 2000s | 6,316 | #375 (2000) | #427 |
| 2010s | 9,460 | #323 (2018) | #344 |
| 2020s | 5,216 | #354 (2021) | #370 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Desmond in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 291,572 of them was named Desmond, which outranked 14.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,551 names at #9,067; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 6,506 of them was named Desmond, which outranked 91.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).