Boys' name · since 2009
Desai
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 83 babies named Desai, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,618 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,089 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 83
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
83 babies have been named Desai since 2009, making it today's #7089 boys' name.
Desai has 83 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7089 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #18,618 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,089 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 83 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desai ranks #18,618 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,089 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 83 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,618 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,089 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 83
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Desai's 83 recorded births place it above 58.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Desai compares
83 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Desai's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 83 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Desai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Desai's full recorded timeline at 2020, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Desai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Desai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Desai's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Desai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (59% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Desai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.