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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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