Desmond
#573 most common boys' name of all time · #1,261 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1904–2025
Rank among boys
#573
Rank overall
#1,261 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
40,264
Since 2016
9,050
Peak year
1992 #265
Best rank
#265 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 1,080/yr
Desmond first appears in 1904. 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 | — | 839 | 839 | #376 |
| 2024 | — | 891 | 891 | #368 |
| 2023 | — | 797 | 797 | #400 |
| 2022 | — | 907 | 907 | #363 |
| 2021 | — | 920 | 920 | #354 |
| 2020 | — | 862 | 862 | #361 |
| 2019 | — | 863 | 863 | #370 |
| 2018 | — | 1,030 | 1,030 | #325 |
| 2017 | — | 1,047 | 1,047 | #327 |
| 2016 | — | 894 | 894 | #371 |
| 2015 | — | 962 | 962 | #351 |
| 2014 | — | 1,035 | 1,035 | #330 |
| 2013 | 5 | 984 | 989 | #329 |
| 2012 | — | 924 | 924 | #339 |
| 2011 | — | 843 | 843 | #355 |
| 2010 | — | 878 | 878 | #350 |
| 2009 | — | 789 | 789 | #384 |
| 2008 | — | 720 | 720 | #412 |
| 2007 | 5 | 676 | 681 | #426 |
| 2006 | — | 583 | 583 | #464 |
| 2005 | — | 530 | 530 | #473 |
| 2004 | — | 543 | 543 | #467 |
| 2003 | 6 | 556 | 562 | #454 |
| 2002 | 5 | 584 | 589 | #422 |
| 2001 | — | 636 | 636 | #397 |
| 2000 | 5 | 699 | 704 | #375 |
| 1999 | 10 | 742 | 752 | #351 |
| 1998 | 8 | 741 | 749 | #352 |
| 1997 | 16 | 885 | 901 | #308 |
| 1996 | 12 | 626 | 638 | #375 |
| 1995 | 9 | 667 | 676 | #361 |
| 1994 | 11 | 670 | 681 | #359 |
| 1993 | 12 | 752 | 764 | #336 |
| 1992 | 11 | 1,069 | 1,080 | #265 |
| 1991 | 11 | 835 | 846 | #308 |
| 1990 | 6 | 871 | 877 | #287 |
| 1989 | 11 | 759 | 770 | #318 |
| 1988 | 9 | 692 | 701 | #316 |
| 1987 | 8 | 594 | 602 | #339 |
| 1986 | 11 | 676 | 687 | #302 |
| 1985 | 5 | 677 | 682 | #302 |
| 1984 | — | 376 | 376 | #431 |
| 1983 | 7 | 355 | 362 | #441 |
| 1982 | 6 | 356 | 362 | #454 |
| 1981 | — | 387 | 387 | #423 |
| 1980 | 11 | 528 | 539 | #347 |
| 1979 | 10 | 443 | 453 | #384 |
| 1978 | 10 | 528 | 538 | #334 |
| 1977 | 8 | 370 | 378 | #408 |
| 1976 | — | 257 | 257 | #499 |
| 1975 | 5 | 240 | 245 | #519 |
| 1974 | — | 313 | 313 | #449 |
| 1973 | — | 279 | 279 | #471 |
| 1972 | — | 246 | 246 | #501 |
| 1971 | — | 225 | 225 | #534 |
| 1970 | — | 165 | 165 | #633 |
| 1969 | — | 132 | 132 | #688 |
| 1968 | — | 127 | 127 | #668 |
| 1967 | — | 148 | 148 | #617 |
| 1966 | — | 121 | 121 | #676 |
| 1965 | — | 124 | 124 | #667 |
| 1964 | — | 134 | 134 | #668 |
| 1963 | — | 117 | 117 | #723 |
| 1962 | — | 100 | 100 | #767 |
| 1961 | — | 92 | 92 | #796 |
| 1960 | — | 85 | 85 | #829 |
| 1959 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,002 |
| 1958 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,178 |
| 1957 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,096 |
| 1956 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,004 |
| 1955 | — | 62 | 62 | #953 |
| 1954 | — | 65 | 65 | #925 |
| 1953 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1952 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,312 |
| 1951 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1950 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,195 |
| 1949 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1948 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,366 |
| 1947 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,229 |
| 1946 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1945 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1944 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,509 |
| 1943 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,478 |
| 1942 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1940 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,850 |
| 1939 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,477 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1937 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1936 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1935 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,412 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1933 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,484 |
| 1932 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,277 |
| 1931 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,185 |
| 1930 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,359 |
| 1929 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1928 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,405 |
| 1927 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,285 |
| 1926 | — | 50 | 50 | #974 |
| 1925 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1924 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,148 |
| 1923 | — | 52 | 52 | #960 |
| 1922 | — | 66 | 66 | #847 |
| 1921 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,382 |
| 1920 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1919 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,111 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1917 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,573 |
| 1916 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,234 |
| 1915 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,640 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,593 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,299 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,837 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,893 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,301 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,348 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #961 |