Dessa
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,817since 1880
Dessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Dessa has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dessa was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dessa
- 413 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,838)
- 988 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #6,838)
- 602 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #6,838)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1899 (#1,009 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1884 (#615 → #930)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #492 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1880–1889
- Highest: 1 in 7,583 girls born in 1880 were named Dessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 10.1% of all girls named Dessa (183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 99 | #492 (1880) | #715 |
| 1890s | 98 | #791 (1899) | #988 |
| 1900s | 79 | #941 (1900) | #1,315 |
| 1910s | 152 | #1,069 (1910) | #1,847 |
| 1920s | 156 | #1,836 (1922) | #2,379 |
| 1930s | 111 | #1,597 (1932) | #2,744 |
| 1940s | 94 | #2,416 (1948) | #3,359 |
| 1950s | 125 | #2,502 (1952) | #3,348 |
| 1960s | 119 | #3,558 (1966) | #3,895 |
| 1970s | 118 | #3,777 (1978) | #5,203 |
| 1980s | 132 | #3,949 (1983) | #5,814 |
| 1990s | 101 | #5,206 (1993) | #8,029 |
| 2000s | 183 | #4,025 (2001) | #6,796 |
| 2010s | 175 | #5,612 (2019) | #6,957 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,850 (2020) | #9,236 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dessa in 1881
Top girls' names in 1881
More about 1881
girls
91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 13,136 of them was named Dessa, which outranked 27.6% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #623Wilhelmine8
- #623Winnifred8
- #623Zada8
- #679Dessa7
- #679Abby7
- #679Adela7
- #679Alfreda7
- #740Aida6
- #740Albertine6
- #740Allene6
Tied with 60 names at #679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
- ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
- ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
- ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
- ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.