Desean — #4734 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Desean

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,007 babies named Desean between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Desean currently holds the #4734 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 157 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Desean performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Desean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 303 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Desean in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Desean 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 4,007 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.