Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Desha

#8,055 most common girls' name of all time · #13,468 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1963–2013

Rank among girls
#8,055
Rank overall
#13,468 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
818
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1997 #2,844
Best rank
#2,700 1969
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
19802000

Desha first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2013 8 — 8 #12,213
2008 5 — 5 #17,954
2007 14 — 14 #8,653
2006 9 — 9 #11,636
2005 8 — 8 #12,083
2004 12 — 12 #8,858
2003 10 — 10 #9,849
2002 19 — 19 #5,976
2001 19 — 19 #5,903
2000 23 — 23 #5,046
1999 32 — 32 #3,755
1998 27 — 27 #4,184
1997 43 — 43 #2,844
1996 42 — 42 #2,870
1995 23 5 28 #4,419
1994 32 — 32 #3,484
1993 24 — 24 #4,319
1992 26 — 26 #4,025
1991 23 — 23 #4,416
1990 19 — 19 #4,952
1989 23 — 23 #4,184
1988 22 — 22 #4,100
1987 13 — 13 #5,778
1986 19 — 19 #4,275
1985 12 — 12 #5,860
1984 11 — 11 #6,111
1983 12 — 12 #5,667
1982 12 — 12 #5,744
1981 24 — 24 #3,501
1980 22 — 22 #3,682
1979 13 — 13 #5,287
1978 18 — 18 #4,020
1977 17 — 17 #4,173
1976 15 — 15 #4,292
1975 9 — 9 #6,276
1974 26 — 26 #2,825
1973 19 — 19 #3,453
1972 23 — 23 #2,968
1971 20 — 20 #3,357
1970 24 — 24 #2,934
1969 25 — 25 #2,700
1968 11 — 11 #4,458
1963 5 — 5 #7,508