Boys' name · since 1989
Desmin
Desmin has 182 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desmin currently ranks #12559 among boys' names in America, with 182 babies recorded since 1989.
Desmin has 182 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12559 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, 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 1989 to 2025.
- #13,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,559 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 182 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desmin ranks #13,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 182 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 182
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Desmin's 182 recorded births place it above 70.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Desmin compares
182 36th percentile among 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
Desmin's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Desmin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 182 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Desmin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Desmin's full recorded timeline at 2004, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Desmin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Desmin popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2000 (Desmin as girls' name)
Desmin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Desmin's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Desmin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Desmin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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 Desmin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
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, 1989–2025 (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 Desmin 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.