Desmond — #368 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Desmond

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,186 babies named Desmond between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Desmond currently holds the #368 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 1,068 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Desmond performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,459 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Desmond shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,560 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Desmond in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Desmond 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 39,186 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.