Boys' name · since 1978
Desman
Desman has 179 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,640 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desman sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 179 recorded since 1978.
Desman has 179 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1978 to 2017.
- #13,640 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 179 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desman ranks #13,640 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,640 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 179
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desman's 179 recorded births place it above 69.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Desman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Desman's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Desman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2017
- Peak year (1992)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Desman by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Desman's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Desman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Desman's decade-level peak was the 1990s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Desman: 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 (~39 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, 1978–2017 (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 Desman 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.