Desi
Desi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 984th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197068 births
- Best rank
- #984in 1970
- Since 1948
- 3,338people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,324 boys have been named Desi in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 68 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 23%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Desi is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are girls (1,014), most of them born around 2022.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Desi was the 984th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Desi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marlonpeak 1972
- Brionpeak 1957
- Riccardopeak 1979
- Jedpeak 1978
- Jobypeak 1977
- Chetpeak 1963
- Jimipeak 1971
- Dionpeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.