Dessa
Rank in 2025
#6838
recorded as girls
Up 413 since 2024
Babies in 2025
16
girls 16
Peak year
1880
12 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,817
since 1880
Born a Dessa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Dessa was most popular in 1880, when 12 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.13 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Dessa, ranking #6838 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 26%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 6838 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | 7251 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | 9056 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 5850 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 5612 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 14 | 7762 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 18 | 6531 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 6401 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 20 | 6236 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 15 | 7636 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 19 | 6462 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 6576 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 17 | 7118 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 12 | 9231 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 9379 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 24 | 5709 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 16 | 7482 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 21 | 5800 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 14 | 7828 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 17 | 6576 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 13 | 7816 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 31 | 4025 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 5937 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 8 | 10345 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 8584 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6672 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 18 | 5206 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | 8588 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 17 | 5286 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | 6531 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | 6335 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | 3949 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 19 | 4025 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 4327 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 19 | 3777 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 8 | 6892 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | 5215 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 14 | 4038 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 12 | 4000 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 13 | 3558 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 12 | 3733 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 13 | 3692 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | 3635 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | 4533 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | 3608 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 12 | 3688 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 12 | 3619 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | 4193 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | 3696 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 18 | 2725 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 11 | 3571 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | 3325 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 10 | 3687 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 18 | 2502 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 12 | 3106 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 12 | 3052 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 17 | 2416 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 12 | 3061 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 11 | 3034 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | 3132 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | 4574 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 8 | 3493 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 7 | 3738 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | 3030 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 7 | 3503 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 10 | 2736 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 10 | 2730 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | 2857 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 9 | 2926 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | 4218 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 23 | 1597 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 11 | 2581 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | 3055 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 15 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | 2169 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 11 | 2872 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 14 | 2489 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 14 | 2514 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 18 | 2091 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 22 | 1836 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 21 | 1927 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 16 | 2263 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 13 | 2515 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 17 | 2102 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | 1996 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 20 | 1739 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | 1800 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 13 | 1896 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 22 | 1176 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 9 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 6 | 2191 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 17 | 1069 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 7 | 1639 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 12 | 1050 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 11 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 16 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 17 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 14 | 867 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 10 | 1047 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 10 | 998 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 7 | 1175 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 9 | 1017 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 8 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 17 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 13 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 10 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | <5 | — |
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