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.

Desma

#11,813 most common girls' name of all time · #19,596 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1915–1998

Rank among girls
#11,813
Rank overall
#19,596 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
445
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1968 #3,224
Best rank
#2,680 1915
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
1920194019601980

Desma first appears in 1915. 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
1998 6 — 6 #12,549
1994 8 — 8 #9,673
1993 9 — 9 #8,794
1992 11 — 11 #7,581
1991 17 — 17 #5,437
1990 14 — 14 #6,190
1989 7 — 7 #9,806
1988 15 — 15 #5,385
1987 11 — 11 #6,401
1986 6 — 6 #9,707
1985 6 — 6 #9,472
1982 8 — 8 #7,575
1980 9 — 9 #6,898
1979 10 — 10 #6,283
1978 13 — 13 #5,001
1977 5 — 5 #9,891
1976 9 — 9 #6,148
1975 7 — 7 #7,301
1974 10 — 10 #5,463
1973 10 — 10 #5,270
1972 11 — 11 #4,859
1971 15 — 15 #4,002
1970 17 — 17 #3,614
1969 11 — 11 #4,497
1968 17 — 17 #3,224
1967 11 — 11 #4,132
1965 6 — 6 #6,014
1963 7 — 7 #5,478
1962 5 — 5 #6,844
1960 6 — 6 #5,887
1957 9 — 9 #4,322
1956 13 — 13 #3,400
1955 11 — 11 #3,672
1954 8 — 8 #4,408
1953 5 — 5 #5,928
1952 8 — 8 #4,272
1950 6 — 6 #4,946
1941 5 — 5 #4,718
1930 5 — 5 #4,886
1929 6 — 6 #4,347
1926 7 — 7 #4,152
1925 5 — 5 #5,301
1923 5 — 5 #5,317
1922 6 — 6 #4,764
1920 11 — 11 #3,069
1919 10 — 10 #3,191
1918 6 — 6 #4,607
1917 11 — 11 #2,861
1915 11 — 11 #2,680