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.

Desmon

#4,105 most common boys' name of all time · #10,054 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#4,105
Rank overall
#10,054 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,293
Since 2016
118
Peak year
1992 #1,692
Best rank
#1,692 1992
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
198020002020

Desmon first appears in 1969. 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
2025 — 8 8 #9,089
2024 — 17 17 #5,503
2023 — 13 13 #6,623
2022 — 12 12 #6,945
2021 — 14 14 #6,133
2020 — 7 7 #9,787
2019 — 9 9 #8,375
2018 — 9 9 #8,322
2017 — 17 17 #5,365
2016 — 12 12 #6,828
2015 — 15 15 #5,818
2014 — 12 12 #6,747
2013 — 16 16 #5,477
2012 — 17 17 #5,341
2011 — 11 11 #7,135
2010 — 19 19 #4,916
2009 — 12 12 #6,933
2008 — 15 15 #5,863
2007 — 27 27 #3,839
2006 — 25 25 #3,936
2005 — 32 32 #3,201
2004 — 26 26 #3,581
2003 — 36 36 #2,751
2002 — 43 43 #2,389
2001 — 40 40 #2,456
2000 — 50 50 #2,032
1999 — 24 24 #3,327
1998 — 39 39 #2,292
1997 — 49 49 #1,901
1996 — 27 27 #2,793
1995 — 37 37 #2,195
1994 — 31 31 #2,482
1993 — 43 43 #1,928
1992 — 51 51 #1,692
1991 — 49 49 #1,693
1990 — 45 45 #1,770
1989 — 39 39 #1,914
1988 — 31 31 #2,076
1987 — 22 22 #2,539
1986 — 25 25 #2,282
1985 — 27 27 #2,107
1984 — 22 22 #2,347
1983 — 13 13 #3,360
1982 — 20 20 #2,500
1981 — 19 19 #2,558
1980 — 30 30 #1,902
1979 — 18 18 #2,645
1978 — 21 21 #2,269
1977 — 22 22 #2,191
1976 — 24 24 #2,049
1975 — 13 13 #3,042
1974 — 8 8 #4,114
1973 — 9 9 #3,645
1972 — 6 6 #4,870
1971 — 10 10 #3,354
1969 — 5 5 #4,952