Dessie Girl
How popular is Dessie?
#11,928 girl name in 2025
7 baby girls were named Dessie in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
2,512living people named Dessie (est.)
72median age of people named Dessie
11,731babies named Dessie since 1880
1 in 473,620US babies born in 2025
Dessie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #11,928 for girls (▲ 228 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,926 in 2015 |
| Peak year | 1918 (308 girls) |
| Highest rank | #233 in 1885 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dessie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Desi family of names ranked #2,039 for girls in 2025 (#2,023 the year before), with 65 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Dessie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 540 | #233 |
| 1890s | 1,039 | #242 |
| 1900s | 1,276 | #274 |
| 1910s | 2,327 | #298 |
| 1920s | 2,378 | #392 |
| 1930s | 1,369 | #489 |
| 1940s | 865 | #697 |
| 1950s | 589 | #1,072 |
| 1960s | 344 | #1,522 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,451 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,134 |
| 1990s | 109 | #5,829 |
| 2000s | 92 | #8,189 |
| 2010s | 78 | #8,926 |
| 2020s | 41 | #8,984 |
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Questions
- Is Dessie a boy or girl name?
- Dessie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dessie were girls.
- How popular is the name Dessie?
- 7 baby girls were named Dessie in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
- When was Dessie most popular?
- Dessie peaked in 1918, when 308 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #233 in 1885.
- How many people are named Dessie?
- 11,731 babies have been named Dessie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,512 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 72.
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.