Dessie
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 97.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 36 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,414since 1880
Dessie over time
Rank among girls' names. Dessie has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,256 | 62 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #1,216 | 61 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,098 | 72 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,073 | 74 | — | |
| 1949 | #958 | 87 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 | — | |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 | — | |
| 1946 | #997 | 71 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #816 | 86 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #836 | 83 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #709 | 110 | — | |
| 1941 | #719 | 96 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #697 | 100 | — | |
| 1939 | #621 | 118 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #723 | 90 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #620 | 119 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #557 | 137 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #578 | 124 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #568 | 128 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #588 | 120 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #489 | 183 | — | |
| 1931 | #504 | 165 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #489 | 185 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #493 | 186 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #482 | 201 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #455 | 233 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #463 | 221 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #469 | 217 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #450 | 239 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #419 | 256 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #402 | 269 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #409 | 273 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #392 | 283 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #387 | 281 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #370 | 308 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #393 | 256 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #367 | 283 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #356 | 283 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #353 | 225 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #345 | 197 | — | |
| 1912 | #373 | 155 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #298 | 175 | — | |
| 1910 | #303 | 164 | — | |
| 1909 | #297 | 144 | — | |
| 1908 | #299 | 140 | — | |
| 1907 | #302 | 134 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #304 | 121 | — | |
| 1905 | #290 | 131 | — | |
| 1904 | #284 | 125 | — | |
| 1903 | #274 | 128 | — | |
| 1902 | #285 | 121 | — | |
| 1901 | #289 | 107 | — | |
| 1900 | #293 | 125 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #273 | 110 | — | |
| 1898 | #295 | 110 | — | |
| 1897 | #270 | 112 | — | |
| 1896 | #276 | 108 | — | |
| 1895 | #282 | 98 | — | |
| 1894 | #267 | 106 | — | |
| 1893 | #251 | 109 | — | |
| 1892 | #269 | 97 | — | |
| 1891 | #263 | 87 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #242 | 102 | — | |
| 1889 | #283 | 70 | — | |
| 1888 | #261 | 78 | — | |
| 1887 | #324 | 43 | — | |
| 1886 | #285 | 52 | — | |
| 1885 | #233 | 72 | — | |
| 1884 | #247 | 61 | — | |
| 1883 | #282 | 39 | — | |
| 1882 | #250 | 47 | — | |
| 1881 | #244 | 42 | — | |
| 1880 | #254 | 36 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dessie was already there! It came in at #254, and was given to 36 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2020, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dessie
- 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
- 3,001 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 102 spots in 1939 (#723 → #621)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1946 (#816 → #997)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #233 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 79 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
- Highest: 1 in 1,848 girls born in 1885 were named Dessie (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all girls named Dessie (2,378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 540 | #233 (1885) | #266 |
| 1890s | 1,039 | #242 (1890) | #269 |
| 1900s | 1,276 | #274 (1903) | #292 |
| 1910s | 2,327 | #298 (1911) | #355 |
| 1920s | 2,378 | #392 (1920) | #443 |
| 1930s | 1,369 | #489 (1930) | #574 |
| 1940s | 865 | #697 (1940) | #863 |
| 1950s | 589 | #1,073 (1950) | #1,320 |
| 1960s | 344 | #1,523 (1960) | #2,156 |
| 1970s | 200 | #2,451 (1972) | #3,623 |
| 1980s | 167 | #3,134 (1980) | #5,172 |
| 1990s | 109 | #5,835 (1990) | #8,350 |
| 2000s | 92 | #8,196 (2001) | #11,099 |
| 2010s | 78 | #8,931 (2015) | #12,588 |
| 2020s | 41 | #8,989 (2023) | #11,134 |
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.
Dessie in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 25,012 of them was named Dessie, which outranked 82.3% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,090Nena73
- #1,090Robbin73
- #1,090Trina73
- #1,098Dessie72
- #1,098Carma72
- #1,098Carolee72
- #1,098Hester72
- #1,104Darnell71
- #1,104Deloise71
- #1,104Laurene71
Tied with 5 names at #1,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 376,567 of them was named Dessie, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 539 names at #3,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.