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.

Despina

#5,334 most common girls' name of all time · #9,039 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among girls
#5,334
Rank overall
#9,039 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
1,523
Since 2016
112
Peak year
1976 #2,311
Best rank
#2,004 1931
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
192019401960198020002020

Despina first appears in 1914. 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 5 — 5 #15,075
2024 16 — 16 #6,963
2023 14 — 14 #7,683
2022 8 — 8 #11,331
2021 11 — 11 #9,048
2020 11 — 11 #9,012
2019 14 — 14 #7,765
2018 14 — 14 #7,800
2017 9 — 9 #10,778
2016 10 — 10 #10,167
2015 9 — 9 #10,949
2014 17 — 17 #7,019
2013 12 — 12 #9,081
2012 8 — 8 #12,295
2011 12 — 12 #9,187
2010 9 — 9 #11,321
2009 17 — 17 #7,378
2008 14 — 14 #8,569
2007 16 — 16 #7,766
2006 15 — 15 #7,898
2005 12 — 12 #8,940
2004 12 — 12 #8,771
2003 14 — 14 #7,622
2002 17 — 17 #6,434
2001 11 — 11 #8,822
2000 8 — 8 #10,849
1999 16 — 16 #6,229
1998 20 — 20 #5,160
1997 7 — 7 #10,937
1996 16 — 16 #5,819
1995 20 — 20 #4,874
1994 14 — 14 #6,366
1993 17 — 17 #5,461
1992 8 — 8 #9,603
1991 23 — 23 #4,365
1990 10 — 10 #7,966
1989 16 — 16 #5,340
1988 16 — 16 #5,124
1987 18 — 18 #4,516
1986 13 — 13 #5,509
1985 22 — 22 #3,747
1984 23 — 23 #3,547
1983 28 — 28 #2,992
1982 19 — 19 #4,059
1981 14 — 14 #5,019
1980 27 — 27 #3,151
1979 25 — 25 #3,267
1978 28 — 28 #2,890
1977 30 — 30 #2,733
1976 36 — 36 #2,311
1975 22 — 22 #3,188
1974 21 — 21 #3,234
1973 18 — 18 #3,519
1972 21 — 21 #3,098
1971 21 — 21 #3,197
1970 20 — 20 #3,242
1969 19 — 19 #3,135
1968 19 — 19 #3,004
1967 17 — 17 #3,124
1966 27 — 27 #2,325
1965 16 — 16 #3,195
1964 17 — 17 #3,159
1963 10 — 10 #4,352
1962 18 — 18 #2,973
1961 17 — 17 #3,112
1960 18 — 18 #2,941
1959 12 — 12 #3,694
1958 7 — 7 #5,050
1957 10 — 10 #4,032
1956 7 — 7 #5,004
1955 8 — 8 #4,519
1954 7 — 7 #4,831
1953 13 — 13 #3,186
1952 13 — 13 #3,121
1950 7 — 7 #4,488
1949 9 — 9 #3,723
1948 13 — 13 #2,912
1947 6 — 6 #4,950
1946 6 — 6 #4,638
1944 8 — 8 #3,553
1943 7 — 7 #4,001
1942 6 — 6 #4,359
1941 6 — 6 #4,195
1940 8 — 8 #3,386
1939 7 — 7 #3,626
1938 14 — 14 #2,310
1937 8 — 8 #3,321
1936 6 — 6 #3,960
1935 9 — 9 #3,078
1934 7 — 7 #3,657
1933 8 — 8 #3,325
1932 17 — 17 #2,025
1931 17 — 17 #2,004
1930 15 — 15 #2,289
1929 13 — 13 #2,569
1928 12 — 12 #2,749
1927 19 — 19 #2,088
1926 14 — 14 #2,561
1925 18 — 18 #2,183
1924 17 — 17 #2,297
1923 9 — 9 #3,570
1922 10 — 10 #3,328
1921 11 — 11 #3,127
1920 13 — 13 #2,717
1919 12 — 12 #2,795
1918 8 — 8 #3,763
1917 8 — 8 #3,617
1916 5 — 5 #4,778
1915 6 — 6 #4,116
1914 5 — 5 #4,044