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.

Dessa

#4,761 most common girls' name of all time · #8,084 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#4,761
Rank overall
#8,084 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
1,817
Since 2016
148
Peak year
2001 #4,027
Best rank
#500 1880
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Dessa is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 — 16 #6,842
2024 15 — 15 #7,254
2023 8 — 8 #11,175
2022 11 — 11 #9,059
2021 5 — 5 #15,257
2020 20 — 20 #5,854
2019 22 — 22 #5,615
2018 14 — 14 #7,765
2017 18 — 18 #6,532
2016 19 — 19 #6,408
2015 20 — 20 #6,237
2014 15 — 15 #7,642
2013 19 — 19 #6,462
2012 19 — 19 #6,579
2011 17 — 17 #7,123
2010 12 — 12 #9,235
2009 12 — 12 #9,382
2008 17 — 17 #7,416
2007 24 — 24 #5,712
2006 16 — 16 #7,483
2005 21 — 21 #5,803
2004 14 — 14 #7,834
2003 17 — 17 #6,583
2002 13 — 13 #7,821
2001 31 — 31 #4,027
2000 18 — 18 #5,945
1999 8 — 8 #10,356
1998 10 — 10 #8,588
1996 11 — 11 #7,582
1995 7 — 7 #10,523
1994 13 — 13 #6,680
1993 18 — 18 #5,210
1992 8 — 8 #9,497
1991 9 — 9 #8,597
1990 17 — 17 #5,288
1989 12 — 12 #6,537
1988 16 — 16 #5,069
1987 11 — 11 #6,340
1986 7 — 7 #8,527
1985 11 — 11 #6,038
1984 13 — 13 #5,227
1983 19 — 19 #3,955
1982 19 — 19 #4,030
1981 7 — 7 #8,138
1980 17 — 17 #4,331
1979 15 — 15 #4,627
1978 19 — 19 #3,783
1977 8 — 8 #6,901
1976 11 — 11 #5,218
1975 12 — 12 #4,855
1974 16 — 16 #3,868
1973 7 — 7 #6,672
1972 7 — 7 #6,564
1971 9 — 9 #5,547
1970 14 — 14 #4,042
1969 12 — 12 #4,201
1968 12 — 12 #4,003
1967 10 — 10 #4,303
1966 13 — 13 #3,561
1965 12 — 12 #3,740
1964 13 — 13 #3,698
1963 13 — 13 #3,638
1962 9 — 9 #4,536
1961 13 — 13 #3,613
1960 12 — 12 #3,689
1959 12 — 12 #3,619
1958 9 — 9 #4,195
1957 11 — 11 #3,699
1956 18 — 18 #2,727
1955 11 — 11 #3,574
1954 12 — 12 #3,328
1953 10 — 10 #3,688
1952 18 — 18 #2,504
1951 12 — 12 #3,108
1950 12 — 12 #3,055
1949 9 — 9 #3,613
1948 17 — 17 #2,420
1947 12 — 12 #3,064
1946 11 — 11 #3,036
1945 9 — 9 #3,138
1944 5 — 5 #4,578
1943 8 — 8 #3,498
1942 7 — 7 #3,741
1941 9 — 9 #3,031
1940 7 — 7 #3,505
1939 10 — 10 #2,741
1938 10 — 10 #2,732
1937 13 — 13 #2,320
1936 9 — 9 #2,859
1935 9 — 9 #2,927
1934 12 — 12 #2,425
1933 5 — 5 #4,220
1932 23 — 23 #1,598
1931 11 — 11 #2,582
1930 9 — 9 #3,056
1929 15 — 15 #2,192
1928 8 — 8 #3,437
1927 17 — 17 #2,169
1926 11 — 11 #2,872
1925 14 — 14 #2,490
1924 14 — 14 #2,514
1923 18 — 18 #2,093
1922 22 — 22 #1,837
1921 21 — 21 #1,928
1920 16 — 16 #2,264
1919 13 — 13 #2,515
1918 17 — 17 #2,104
1917 17 — 17 #1,997
1916 20 — 20 #1,741
1915 18 — 18 #1,803
1914 13 — 13 #1,897
1913 22 — 22 #1,179
1912 9 — 9 #1,982
1911 6 — 6 #2,192
1910 17 — 17 #1,073
1909 7 — 7 #1,764
1908 11 — 11 #1,264
1907 7 — 7 #1,640
1906 8 — 8 #1,418
1904 12 — 12 #1,052
1903 7 — 7 #1,441
1901 11 — 11 #1,009
1900 16 — 16 #942
1899 17 — 17 #796
1898 12 — 12 #1,010
1897 14 — 14 #869
1896 10 — 10 #1,048
1895 11 — 11 #989
1894 10 — 10 #1,001
1893 7 — 7 #1,175
1892 9 — 9 #1,017
1891 8 — 8 #1,006
1889 17 — 17 #626
1888 13 — 13 #726
1887 7 — 7 #940
1886 10 — 10 #733
1885 9 — 9 #747
1884 6 — 6 #930
1883 10 — 10 #619
1882 8 — 8 #680
1881 7 — 7 #681
1880 12 — 12 #500