Boys' name · since 1980
Desmen
Desmen has 156 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desmen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 156 have been recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desmen has been recorded 156 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2016.
- #14,479 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 156 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desmen ranks #14,479 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,479 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 156
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desmen's 156 recorded births place it above 68.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Desmen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Desmen splits its recorded history at 1999: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Desmen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2016
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Desmen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (69 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Desmen's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Desmen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 69 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Desmen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Desmen: 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 (~36 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, 1980–2016 (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 Desmen 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.