Desma — girls' name
445 babies named Desma in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Desma was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Desma in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desma
The Social Security Administration has registered 445 babies named Desma between 1915 and 1998, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Desma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desma 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 445 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.
Desma at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1915
- Peak year (1968)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
445 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 17 births in a single year.
Desma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 107 births that decade — 24% of Desma's all-time total
Desma decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Desma's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.