Des — boys' name

What the Data Says About Des

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Des between 1957 and 1971, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Des currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Des is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1955.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Des performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Des shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Des in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.