Desmin — boys' name
182 babies named Desmin in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
182 boys have been named Desmin since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2025.
- 182
- total births
- 1989–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Desmin was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Desmin in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desmin
The Social Security Administration has registered 182 babies named Desmin between 1989 and 2025, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Desmin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desmin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Desmin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desmin 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 182 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.
Desmin at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desmin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1989
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
182 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 12 births in a single year.
Desmin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2000 (Desmin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Desmin accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Desmin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 67 births that decade — 37% of Desmin's all-time total
Desmin decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Desmin's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1989–2025 (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.