Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Desi” in the USA?

Number of people named “Desi” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Desi” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Desi” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Desi” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Desi” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Desi” by birth year

This chart shows how “Desi” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 6 17 -48%
1953 47 0.000012196 47 -100%
1954 56 0.000014068 9 47 -68%
1955 58 0.000014446 24 34 -17%
1956 78 0.000018918 21 57 -46%
1957 48 0.000011423 16 32 -33%
1958 53 0.000012821 23 30 -13%
1959 72 0.000017316 30 42 -17%
1960 57 0.000013722 19 38 -33%
1961 41 0.000009898 16 25 -22%
1962 50 0.00001239 16 34 -36%
1963 54 0.000013643 22 32 -19%
1964 48 0.000012347 17 31 -29%
1965 39 0.000010757 22 17 13%
1966 26 0.000007481 5 21 -62%
1967 31 0.000009131 10 21 -35%
1968 43 0.000012728 7 36 -67%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 -100%
1970 80 0.000022182 12 68 -70%
1971 71 0.000020686 10 61 -72%
1972 73 0.000023226 8 65 -78%
1973 61 0.00002022 9 52 -70%
1974 61 0.000020066 9 52 -70%
1975 56 0.000018547 11 45 -61%
1976 40 0.000013183 9 31 -55%
1977 65 0.000020463 16 49 -51%
1978 63 0.00001985 13 50 -59%
1979 73 0.000021942 9 64 -75%
1980 61 0.000017709 10 51 -67%
1981 46 0.000013297 10 36 -57%
1982 28 0.000007982 7 21 -50%
1983 41 0.000011838 8 33 -61%
1984 37 0.000010606 10 27 -46%
1985 32 0.000008966 9 23 -44%
1986 37 0.000010402 7 30 -62%
1987 29 0.000008043 5 24 -66%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 29 0.000007337 29 -100%
1991 39 0.000010012 7 32 -64%
1992 33 0.000008591 5 28 -70%
1993 42 0.00001114 10 32 -52%
1994 31 0.000008339 6 25 -61%
1995 25 0.000006827 11 14 -12%
1996 31 0.0000085 8 23 -48%
1997 41 0.000011308 10 31 -51%
1998 30 0.000008156 9 21 -40%
1999 37 0.000010017 8 29 -57%
2000 43 0.000011376 10 33 -53%
2001 29 0.000007747 7 22 -52%
2002 33 0.000008828 5 28 -70%
2003 35 0.000009205 5 30 -71%
2004 33 0.000008637 10 23 -39%
2005 23 0.000005982 11 12 -4%
2006 42 0.000010616 23 19 10%
2007 29 0.000007254 6 23 -59%
2008 32 0.000008141 13 19 -19%
2009 46 0.000012041 14 32 -39%
2010 49 0.000013259 22 27 -10%
2011 47 0.000012849 17 30 -28%
2012 42 0.000011484 16 26 -24%
2013 37 0.000010149 18 19 -3%
2014 37 0.000009983 20 17 8%
2015 34 0.000009187 19 15 12%
2016 45 0.000012266 24 21 7%
2017 43 0.000012024 20 23 -7%
2018 48 0.000013652 35 13 46%
2019 52 0.000014982 28 24 8%
2020 64 0.000019158 33 31 3%
2021 56 0.000016529 34 22 21%
2022 73 0.000021578 42 31 15%
2023 62 0.000018724 31 31 0%
2024 74 0.000022232 37 37 0%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Desi:

  1. Deshun
  2. Deshuna
  3. Deshunda
  4. Deshundra
  5. Deshya
  6. Desi (this page)
  7. Desia
  8. Desiah
  9. Desiderio
  10. Desieree
  11. Desilyn