Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dez” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dez” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dez” 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 “Dez” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dez” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dez” 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
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2008 11 0.000002799 11 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2013 25 0.000006857 25 -100%
2014 31 0.000008364 31 -100%
2015 44 0.000011889 44 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 21 0.000005872 21 -100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 -100%
2019 18 0.000005186 18 -100%
2020 13 0.000003892 13 -100%
2021 16 0.000004723 16 -100%
2022 25 0.00000739 25 -100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 -100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 -100%

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