Desi**
#2,261 most common boys' name of all time · #5,437 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1948–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,261
Rank overall
#5,437 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
3,395
Since 2016
575
Peak year
1970 #987
Best rank
#987 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 80/yr
Desi first appears in 1948. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 22 | 57 | #4,568 |
| 2024 | 37 | 38 | 75 | #3,177 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 62 | #3,651 |
| 2022 | 42 | 31 | 73 | #3,637 |
| 2021 | 34 | 22 | 56 | #4,519 |
| 2020 | 33 | 31 | 64 | #3,518 |
| 2019 | 28 | 24 | 52 | #4,249 |
| 2018 | 35 | 13 | 48 | #6,423 |
| 2017 | 20 | 23 | 43 | #4,359 |
| 2016 | 24 | 21 | 45 | #4,662 |
| 2015 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #5,796 |
| 2014 | 20 | 17 | 37 | #5,309 |
| 2013 | 18 | 19 | 37 | #4,845 |
| 2012 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #3,924 |
| 2011 | 17 | 30 | 47 | #3,530 |
| 2010 | 22 | 27 | 49 | #3,830 |
| 2009 | 14 | 32 | 46 | #3,421 |
| 2008 | 13 | 19 | 32 | #4,942 |
| 2007 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #4,281 |
| 2006 | 23 | 19 | 42 | #4,717 |
| 2005 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #6,311 |
| 2004 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #3,898 |
| 2003 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #3,142 |
| 2002 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,208 |
| 2001 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #3,767 |
| 2000 | 10 | 33 | 43 | #2,754 |
| 1999 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #2,898 |
| 1998 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #3,524 |
| 1997 | 10 | 31 | 41 | #2,572 |
| 1996 | 8 | 23 | 31 | #3,143 |
| 1995 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #4,360 |
| 1994 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #2,882 |
| 1993 | 9 | 32 | 41 | #2,373 |
| 1992 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #2,561 |
| 1991 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #2,260 |
| 1990 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,407 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,726 |
| 1988 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,005 |
| 1987 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #2,365 |
| 1986 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #1,983 |
| 1985 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #2,332 |
| 1984 | 10 | 27 | 37 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #1,737 |
| 1982 | 7 | 21 | 28 | #2,379 |
| 1981 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,650 |
| 1980 | 10 | 51 | 61 | #1,319 |
| 1979 | 9 | 64 | 73 | #1,125 |
| 1978 | 13 | 50 | 63 | #1,281 |
| 1977 | 16 | 49 | 65 | #1,280 |
| 1976 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #1,695 |
| 1975 | 11 | 45 | 56 | #1,299 |
| 1974 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #1,147 |
| 1973 | 9 | 52 | 61 | #1,144 |
| 1972 | 8 | 65 | 73 | #1,006 |
| 1971 | 10 | 61 | 71 | #1,046 |
| 1970 | 12 | 68 | 80 | #987 |
| 1969 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,218 |
| 1968 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #1,275 |
| 1967 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #1,747 |
| 1966 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1965 | 22 | 17 | 39 | #1,980 |
| 1964 | 17 | 31 | 48 | #1,432 |
| 1963 | 22 | 32 | 54 | #1,399 |
| 1962 | 16 | 34 | 50 | #1,364 |
| 1961 | 16 | 25 | 41 | #1,629 |
| 1960 | 19 | 38 | 57 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 30 | 42 | 72 | #1,211 |
| 1958 | 23 | 30 | 53 | #1,444 |
| 1957 | 16 | 32 | 48 | #1,409 |
| 1956 | 21 | 57 | 78 | #998 |
| 1955 | 24 | 34 | 58 | #1,312 |
| 1954 | 9 | 47 | 56 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1952 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,688 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,165 |