Desa — girls' name
239 babies named Desa in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Desa was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Desa in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desa
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Desa between 1952 and 2002, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Desa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desa 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 239 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.
Desa at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1952
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
239 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 15 births in a single year.
Desa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 78 births that decade — 33% of Desa's all-time total
Desa decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Desa's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1952–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.