Desmond Boy
How popular is Desmond?
#376 boy name in 2025
839 baby boys were named Desmond in the US in 2025, making it the 376th most popular boy name.
Desmond popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #376 for boys (▼ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 839 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #351 in 2015, #361 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (1,069 boys) |
| Highest rank | #264 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Desmond counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Desmond family of names ranked #363 for boys in 2025 (#341 the year before), with 911 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond | 839 | 92% |
| Dezmond | 72 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Desmond is most popular
Babies named Desmond per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 1.9 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Maine: 1.8 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Alaska: 1.4 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Oregon: 1.4 per 1,000 (106 boys)
- Washington: 1.2 per 1,000 (198 boys)
Desmond by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 14 | #874 |
| 1910s | 164 | #1,192 |
| 1920s | 380 | #840 |
| 1930s | 238 | #1,170 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,212 |
| 1950s | 492 | #917 |
| 1960s | 1,180 | #615 |
| 1970s | 3,066 | #332 |
| 1980s | 5,400 | #301 |
| 1990s | 7,858 | #264 |
| 2000s | 6,316 | #375 |
| 2010s | 9,460 | #323 |
| 2020s | 5,216 | #354 |
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Questions
- Is Desmond a boy or girl name?
- Desmond is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Desmond were boys.
- How popular is the name Desmond?
- 839 baby boys were named Desmond in the US in 2025, making it the 376th most popular boy name.
- When was Desmond most popular?
- Desmond peaked in 1992, when 1,069 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #264 in 1992.
- How many people are named Desmond?
- 40,264 babies have been named Desmond in the US since 1880. We estimate about 38,068 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Desmond most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Desmond was most common in Vermont, at 1.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.