Dessa — #7226 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,801 babies named Dessa between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dessa currently holds the #7226 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dessa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dessa in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dessa 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 1,801 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.