Boys' name · since 1910
Desiderio
650 babies named Desiderio in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,743 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,890 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1910
- 1970s
- peak decade
Desiderio currently ranks #5890 among boys' names in America, with 650 babies recorded since 1910.
Desiderio has 650 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5890 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #6,743 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,890 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 650 born since 1910
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desiderio ranks #6,743 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,890 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 650 born since 1910, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,743 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,890 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1910
- 1970s
- peak decade
Desiderio's 650 recorded births place it above 85.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Desiderio compares
650 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Desiderio's all-time total is 76% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desiderio | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 650 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Desiderio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Desiderio's full recorded timeline at 1979, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Desiderio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Desiderio by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (78 births, 12% of the file).
1970s was Desiderio's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Desiderio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s
1940s
44 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
67 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 78 births (12% of all-time use).
How Desiderio 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 Desiderio's total volume
Desiderio by state
Where Desiderio concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 71 | 10.9% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 4.0% |
71 of 650 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Desiderio's data
- Desiderio's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Desiderios (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Desiderio: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Desiderio 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.