Desean

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1991 · 125 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,031
since 1968

Desean over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Desean has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #954, 1991boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,39623
2024#4,70121
2023#3,88328
2022#3,05340
2021#3,02140
2020#2,54650
2019#2,85143
2018#2,79643
2017#2,29557
2016#2,41253
2015#1,85379
2014#1,60897
2013#1,64792
2012#1,398119
2011#1,149157
2010#1,168157
2009#1,331130
2008#1,428117
2007#1,457110
2006#1,460105
2005#1,362110
2004#1,335110
2003#1,37298
2002#1,305102
2001#1,137122
2000#1,260104
1999#1,212105
1998#1,127113
1997#1,125112
1996#11,8076#1,071113
1995#999123
1994#981127
1993#1,033114
1992#1,043110
1991#954125
1990#1,08397
1989#1,22876
1988#1,14577
1987#1,53446
1986#10,9125#1,15367
1985#1,35451
1984#1,65635
1983#1,65135
1982#2,59618
1981#2,08625
1980#2,05826
1979#2,23622
1978#2,27920
1977#1,85827
1976#2,17721
1975#1,94824
1974#1,98322
1973#2,31117
1972#1,96621
1971#2,12619
1970#2,12518
1969#2,41513
1968#4,1365
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Desean! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Desean is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,061 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,244 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWIMichigan: #748 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,979 boysMINew York: #978 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 14,674 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedINOhio: #509 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,415 boysOHPennsylvania: #719 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,979 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,602 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 35,541 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedWVVirginia: #593 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,010 boysVAMaryland: #421 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,984 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedARTennessee: #569 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,034 boysTNNorth Carolina: #511 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,158 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #211 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 936 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Desean, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#211 · 1 in 936
  2. Maryland#421 · 1 in 3,984
  3. Ohio#509 · 1 in 6,415
  4. North Carolina#511 · 1 in 5,158
  5. Tennessee#569 · 1 in 7,034

Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#21181 in 936
Maryland#42181 in 3,984
Ohio#509121 in 6,415
North Carolina#51191 in 5,158
Tennessee#56951 in 7,034
Virginia#59361 in 7,010
Pennsylvania#71961 in 12,979
Michigan#74861 in 10,979
New York#97891 in 14,674
Illinois#1,06151 in 17,244
California#1,60281 in 35,541
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Desean
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 305 spots since 2024 (#4,701#4,396)
  • 1,850 spots since 2020 (#2,546#4,396)
  • 2,543 spots since 2015 (#1,853#4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1991 (#1,083#954)
  • Biggest drop: 89 spots in 1992 (#954#1,043)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1991 at #954 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1994–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,097
  • Highest: 1 in 12,097 boys born in 2011 were named Desean (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #954 in 1991, was only 1 in 16,163 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 28.3% of all boys named Desean (1,139) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#2,415 (1969)#3,276
1970s211#1,858 (1977)#2,101
1980s456#1,145 (1988)#1,646
1990s1,139#954 (1991)#1,063
2000s1,108#1,137 (2001)#1,345
2010s897#1,149 (2011)#1,918
2020s202#2,546 (2020)#3,600

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Desean in 1992

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#1,043
110 births · 1 in 18,158 boys

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #1,043Desean110
More about 1992

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 18,158 of them was named Desean, which outranked 89.4% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Desean
  1. #1,037Ibrahim111
  2. #1,037Kade111
  3. #1,037Uriah111
  4. #1,043Desean110
  5. #1,043Darrick110
  6. #1,043Edmond110
  7. #1,043Harris110
  8. #1,049Abram109
  9. #1,049Deondre109
  10. #1,049Jovany109

Tied with 5 names at #1,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 6,348Dalvin#7,271#923
  2. 3,435Jalen#3,813#378
  3. 2,026Davante#2,828#802
  4. 1,555Davonta#2,469#914
  5. 1,383Juwan#2,344#961
Fallers
  1. 2,632Unnamed#972#3,604
  2. 450Octavius#945#1,395
  3. 398Male#679#1,077
  4. 394Khiry#915#1,309
  5. 379Dijon#915#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992