Unisex name · since 2000
Desani
101 babies named Desani in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Desani currently ranks #13962 among unisex names in America, with 101 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desani has been recorded 101 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #13962 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #26,984 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,962 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desani ranks #26,984 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,962 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 101 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,962 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Desani's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Desani compares
101 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Desani's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Desani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Desani's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Desani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Desani popularity over time - boys
45 total births recorded since 2000 (Desani as boys' name)
Desani by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Desani's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Desani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Desani's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Desani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Desani 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.