Girls' name · since 1880
Dessie
Dessie has 11,414 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,414
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dessie currently ranks #11932 among girls' names in America, with 11,414 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dessie has been recorded 11,414 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #11932 nationally and more common than 31% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,529 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,414 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dessie ranks #1,529 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,414 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,529 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,414
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dessie's 11,414 recorded births place it above 97.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dessie compares
11,414 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Dessie's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dessie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,414 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 308 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dessie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dessie's full recorded timeline at 1952, 13% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 87% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 308 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dessie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 308
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Dessie popularity over time - boys
317 total births recorded since 1891 (Dessie as boys' name)
Dessie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (2,378 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Dessie's strongest decade.
2,378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Dessie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 540
1880s
540 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,039 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,276 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,327 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,378 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,369 births
- 1940s 865
1940s
865 births
- 1950s 589
1950s
589 births
- 1960s 344
1960s
344 births
- 1970s 200
1970s
200 births
- 1980s 167
1980s
167 births
- 1990s 109
1990s
109 births
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s 78
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 2,378 births (21% of all-time use).
How Dessie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dessie's total volume
Dessie by state
Where Dessie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 787 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 722 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 546 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 540 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 494 | 4.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 453 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 450 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 386 | 3.4% |
787 of 11,414 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Dessie appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dessie's data
- Dessie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (2,378 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dessies (787 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dessie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Dessie 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.