Meaning not yet researched.
Desmond: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 839 in 2025. Its best rank was #264 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #264 in 1992; #376 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Desmond in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#376 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #264.
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Desmond: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 839 boys in 2025. Peak: #264 in 1992 · most boys in one year: 1,069 (1992).
In 2025, 839 US boys were named Desmond, making it the 376th most common boys’ name of the year, down 8 places from #368 in 2024. That is 52 fewer than the 891 boys named Desmond in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #264, reached in 1992. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,069. For comparison, it was #351 in 2015 and #1,190 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Desmond in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1904 with 8 babies. In all, 40,264 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,465 babies named Desmond.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,050 US boys were named Desmond; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,047. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,036 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Desmond ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #66 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Dezmond (3,632 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Desmund, Dezmund and Dezmend are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Desmund (125), Dezmund (54), Dezmend (27), Des (16), Desmand (11), Desmend (10), Dezmand (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Desmond in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 7 | #66 | — |
| Wyoming | 5 | #101 | — |
| Alaska | 6 | #149 | — |
| Massachusetts | 38 | #179 | #194 |
| Washington | 48 | #182 | #219 |
| Maine | 6 | #212 | #137 |
| Oregon | 17 | #250 | #192 |
| Maryland | 21 | #259 | #224 |
| Minnesota | 23 | #268 | #343 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #269 | — |
| Connecticut | 12 | #271 | #364 |
| Utah | 16 | #307 | #261 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #311 | — |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #326 | #382 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #326 | — |
| Kansas | 11 | #333 | #319 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | #333 | #394 |
| California | 104 | #342 | #375 |
| Idaho | 7 | #342 | #249 |
| Iowa | 10 | #352 | #321 |
| Illinois | 30 | #354 | #310 |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | #356 | #317 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #365 | #342 |
| Indiana | 20 | #372 | #361 |
| Michigan | 23 | #381 | #355 |
| Ohio | 29 | #383 | #322 |
| New York | 45 | #388 | #428 |
| Tennessee | 21 | #391 | #350 |
| Missouri | 16 | #399 | #427 |
| Colorado | 15 | #406 | #218 |
| Arizona | 18 | #414 | #375 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #446 | #350 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #495 | #403 |
| North Carolina | 20 | #500 | #361 |
| Virginia | 15 | #504 | #298 |
| Georgia | 19 | #545 | #444 |
| Alabama | 8 | #589 | #735 |
| Texas | 48 | #633 | #469 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #644 | #435 |
| Florida | 23 | #685 | #399 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #692 | #369 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 839 | #376 |
| 2024 | — | — | 891 | #368 |
| 2023 | — | — | 797 | #399 |
| 2022 | — | — | 907 | #363 |
| 2021 | — | — | 920 | #354 |
| 2020 | — | — | 862 | #361 |
| 2019 | — | — | 863 | #369 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,030 | #324 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,047 | #327 |
| 2016 | — | — | 894 | #371 |
| 2015 | — | — | 962 | #351 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,035 | #330 |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,246 | 984 | #329 |
| 2012 | — | — | 924 | #339 |
| 2011 | — | — | 843 | #355 |
| 2010 | — | — | 878 | #349 |
| 2009 | — | — | 789 | #383 |
| 2008 | — | — | 720 | #412 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,380 | 676 | #425 |
| 2006 | — | — | 583 | #463 |
| 2005 | — | — | 530 | #472 |
| 2004 | — | — | 543 | #466 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,357 | 556 | #454 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,128 | 584 | #422 |
| 2001 | — | — | 636 | #397 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,704 | 699 | #375 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,966 | 742 | #351 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,370 | 741 | #352 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,953 | 885 | #308 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,263 | 626 | #375 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,963 | 667 | #361 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,753 | 670 | #359 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,145 | 752 | #336 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,660 | 1,069 | #264 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,547 | 835 | #308 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,783 | 871 | #287 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,102 | 759 | #315 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,873 | 692 | #316 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,196 | 594 | #339 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,274 | 676 | #302 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,090 | 677 | #301 |
| 1984 | — | — | 376 | #430 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,260 | 355 | #441 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,528 | 356 | #454 |
| 1981 | — | — | 387 | #423 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,016 | 528 | #347 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,321 | 443 | #383 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,057 | 528 | #332 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,047 | 370 | #407 |
| 1976 | — | — | 257 | #497 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,437 | 240 | #519 |
| 1974 | — | — | 313 | #447 |
| 1973 | — | — | 279 | #469 |
| 1972 | — | — | 246 | #501 |
| 1971 | — | — | 225 | #534 |
| 1970 | — | — | 165 | #630 |
| 1969 | — | — | 132 | #687 |
| 1968 | — | — | 127 | #666 |
| 1967 | — | — | 148 | #615 |
| 1966 | — | — | 121 | #673 |
| 1965 | — | — | 124 | #666 |
| 1964 | — | — | 134 | #665 |
| 1963 | — | — | 117 | #723 |
| 1962 | — | — | 100 | #765 |
| 1961 | — | — | 92 | #793 |
| 1960 | — | — | 85 | #827 |
| 1959 | — | — | 60 | #996 |
| 1958 | — | — | 43 | #1,176 |
| 1957 | — | — | 49 | #1,092 |
| 1956 | — | — | 56 | #1,001 |
| 1955 | — | — | 62 | #952 |
| 1954 | — | — | 65 | #923 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,110 |
| 1952 | — | — | 33 | #1,299 |
| 1951 | — | — | 43 | #1,098 |
| 1950 | — | — | 37 | #1,190 |
| 1949 | — | — | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1948 | — | — | 29 | #1,354 |
| 1947 | — | — | 36 | #1,218 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,264 |
| 1945 | — | — | 23 | #1,388 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1943 | — | — | 23 | #1,469 |
| 1942 | — | — | 18 | #1,694 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,339 |
| 1940 | — | — | 15 | #1,822 |
| 1939 | — | — | 21 | #1,463 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,404 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,417 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,658 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,396 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,797 |
| 1933 | — | — | 22 | #1,468 |
| 1932 | — | — | 29 | #1,265 |
| 1931 | — | — | 34 | #1,176 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,342 |
| 1929 | — | — | 28 | #1,347 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1927 | — | — | 33 | #1,280 |
| 1926 | — | — | 50 | #968 |
| 1925 | — | — | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1924 | — | — | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1923 | — | — | 52 | #956 |
| 1922 | — | — | 66 | #842 |
| 1921 | — | — | 30 | #1,370 |
| 1920 | — | — | 20 | #1,771 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1918 | — | — | 23 | #1,555 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,542 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1915 | — | — | 19 | #1,617 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,567 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,271 |
| 1912 | — | — | 9 | #1,776 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,805 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,228 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,252 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #900 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).