first name
DESMOND
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,864 people named Desmond, 52.9% reported their origin as Black, 26.2% as White and 8.5% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Desmond peaked in 1992, when 1,080 babies got the name.
At least 40,264 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Desmond by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #680. The largest share of babies named Desmond, 29.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Desmond is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Desmond has been most common in Louisiana (2.1×), South Carolina (1.9×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.15×).
36,571 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Desmond
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Desmond, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Desmond ranks #4,859 of 156,621, with 7,048 people. See Desmond as a last name
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