Desta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Desta

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Desta between 1900 and 2019, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Desta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Desta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Desta 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 379 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.