Dessie — #12120 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dessie

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,406 babies named Dessie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dessie currently holds the #12120 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 308 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dessie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,378 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dessie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Dessie in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dessie 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 11,406 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.