Dessa

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
#492
1880 · 12 births
Debut · girls
1880
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,817
since 1880

Dessa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dessa has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #492, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,83816
2024#7,25115
2023#11,1698
2022#9,05611
2021#15,2515
2020#5,85020
2019#5,61222
2018#7,76214
2017#6,53118
2016#6,40119
2015#6,23620
2014#7,63615
2013#6,46219
2012#6,57619
2011#7,11817
2010#9,23112
2009#9,37912
2008#7,40817
2007#5,70924
2006#7,48216
2005#5,80021
2004#7,82814
2003#6,57617
2002#7,81613
2001#4,02531
2000#5,93718
1999#10,3458
1998#8,58410
1997—
1996#7,57411
1995#10,5147
1994#6,67213
1993#5,20618
1992#9,4918
1991#8,5889
1990#5,28617
1989#6,53112
1988#5,06516
1987#6,33511
1986#8,5237
1985#6,03111
1984#5,22213
1983#3,94919
1982#4,02519
1981#8,1287
1980#4,32717
1979#4,62615
1978#3,77719
1977#6,8928
1976#5,21511
1975#4,85412
1974#3,86316
1973#6,6667
1972#6,5587
1971#5,5439
1970#4,03814
1969#4,19812
1968#4,00012
1967#4,30010
1966#3,55813
1965#3,73312
1964#3,69213
1963#3,63513
1962#4,5339
1961#3,60813
1960#3,68812
1959#3,61912
1958#4,1939
1957#3,69611
1956#2,72518
1955#3,57111
1954#3,32512
1953#3,68710
1952#2,50218
1951#3,10612
1950#3,05212
1949#3,6129
1948#2,41617
1947#3,06112
1946#3,03411
1945#3,1329
1944#4,5745
1943#3,4938
1942#3,7387
1941#3,0309
1940#3,5037
1939#2,73610
1938#2,73010
1937#2,31713
1936#2,8579
1935#2,9269
1934#2,42412
1933#4,2185
1932#1,59723
1931#2,58111
1930#3,0559
1929#2,19115
1928#3,4368
1927#2,16917
1926#2,87211
1925#2,48914
1924#2,51414
1923#2,09118
1922#1,83622
1921#1,92721
1920#2,26316
1919#2,51513
1918#2,10217
1917#1,99617
1916#1,73920
1915#1,80018
1914#1,89613
1913#1,17622
1912#1,9819
1911#2,1916
1910#1,06917
1909#1,7637
1908#1,26111
1907#1,6397
1906#1,4168
1905—
1904#1,05012
1903#1,4407
1902—
1901#1,00711
1900#94116
1899#79117
1898#1,00912
1897#86714
1896#1,04710
1895#98611
1894#99810
1893#1,1757
1892#1,0179
1891#1,0068
1890—
1889#62017
1888#72413
1887#9377
1886#73110
1885#7459
1884#9306
1883#61510
1882#6788
1881#6797
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #492 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1880–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,583
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 10.1% of all girls named Dessa (183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s99#492 (1880)#715
1890s98#791 (1899)#988
1900s79#941 (1900)#1,315
1910s152#1,069 (1910)#1,847
1920s156#1,836 (1922)#2,379
1930s111#1,597 (1932)#2,744
1940s94#2,416 (1948)#3,359
1950s125#2,502 (1952)#3,348
1960s119#3,558 (1966)#3,895
1970s118#3,777 (1978)#5,203
1980s132#3,949 (1983)#5,814
1990s101#5,206 (1993)#8,029
2000s183#4,025 (2001)#6,796
2010s175#5,612 (2019)#6,957
2020s75#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 1882

girls
#678
8 births · 1 in 13,481 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #678Dessa8
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 13,481 of them was named Dessa, which outranked 34.0% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dessa
  1. #634Winona9
  2. #634Zada9
  3. #634Zola9
  4. #678Dessa8
  5. #678Audie8
  6. #678Augustine8
  7. #678Aurora8
  8. #740Agusta7
  9. #740Albina7
  10. #740Alicia7

Tied with 61 names at #678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 380Clementine#740 → #360
  2. ↑ 337Lissie#830 → #493
  3. ↑ 323Lonnie#830 → #507
  4. ↑ 300Erna#830 → #530
  5. ↑ 300Hedwig#830 → #530
Fallers
  1. ↓ 405Leatha#503 → #908
  2. ↓ 369Grayce#539 → #908
  3. ↓ 369Maye#539 → #908
  4. ↓ 369Rella#539 → #908
  5. ↓ 326Honora#582 → #908

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →