Desmond
Desmond is ranked 368th among boys in 2024 (888 births). Its best rank was 265th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- #368up 31 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8880.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19921,068 births
- Best rank
- #265in 1992
- Since 1904
- 39,186people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,186 boys have been named Desmond in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 1,068 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 330 → 368).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 24%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Desmond | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 14 | |
| 1910s | 164 | |
| 1920s | 380 | |
| 1930s | 238 | |
| 1940s | 247 | |
| 1950s | 492 | |
| 1960s | 1,179 | |
| 1970s | 3,066 | |
| 1980s | 5,402 | |
| 1990s | 7,857 | |
| 2000s | 6,315 | |
| 2010s | 9,459 | |
| 2020s | 4,373 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Desmond was the 265th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Desmond
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kendrickpeak 2013
- Alexandrospeak 2007
- Bronsonpeak 2015
- Gibranpeak 2014
- Charlestonpeak 2015
- Faisalpeak 2014
- Nabilpeak 2015
- Saeedpeak 2011
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.