Desmund — boys' name

What the Data Says About Desmund

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Desmund between 1977 and 2016, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Desmund currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Desmund performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Desmund shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Desmund in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Desmund 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 125 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.