Desta
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #9,736
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to girls 98.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 379since 1900
Desta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Desta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
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| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
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| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
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| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five girls were named Desta! It came in at #1,431, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Desta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Desta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Desta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,431 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 37,473
- Highest: 1 in 37,473 girls born in 1900 were named Desta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 167,837 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 17.7% of all girls named Desta (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #1,431 (1900) | #1,681 |
| 1910s | 7 | #3,817 (1919) | #3,817 |
| 1920s | 13 | #4,011 (1922) | #4,159 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,342 (1938) | #4,342 |
| 1940s | 12 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,460 |
| 1950s | 24 | #4,536 (1957) | #5,392 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,900 |
| 1970s | 67 | #3,894 (1972) | #6,313 |
| 1980s | 59 | #5,899 (1984) | #7,465 |
| 1990s | 59 | #6,723 (1996) | #9,609 |
| 2000s | 26 | #8,534 (2000) | #14,566 |
| 2010s | 48 | #9,736 (2019) | #13,482 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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