Boys' name · since 1968
Desean
Desean has 4,031 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,436 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,031
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Desean is the #4436 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 4,031 recorded since 1968.
Desean has 4,031 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4436 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #2,075 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,436 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,031 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desean ranks #2,075 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,436 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,031 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,075 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,436 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,031
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desean's 4,031 recorded births place it above 95.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Desean compares
4,031 Top 15% higher than 85% of 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
Desean's all-time total is 11x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desean | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,031 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 157 | 34 | 22,252 |
Desean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Desean's full recorded timeline at 1997, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 157 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Desean popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 157
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Desean popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1986 (Desean as girls' name)
Desean by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,139 births, 28% of the file).
1990s was Desean's strongest decade.
1,139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Desean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 211
1970s
211 births
- 1980s
1980s
456 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,139 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,108 births
- 2010s
2010s
897 births
- 2020s 202
2020s
202 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,139 births (28% of all-time use).
How Desean compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Desean's total volume
Desean by state
Where Desean concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 303 | 7.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 281 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 181 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 163 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 152 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 142 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 136 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 135 | 3.3% |
303 of 4,031 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Desean appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Desean's data
- Desean's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,139 total births); usage has since declined to 202 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Deseans (303 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Desean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Desean 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.