Despina
Despina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197636 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,517people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,517 girls have been named Despina in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 36 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 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Despina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 44 | |
| 1920s | 136 | |
| 1930s | 108 | |
| 1940s | 69 | |
| 1950s | 84 | |
| 1960s | 177 | |
| 1970s | 242 | |
| 1980s | 196 | |
| 1990s | 151 | |
| 2000s | 136 | |
| 2010s | 114 | |
| 2020s | 60 |
In 1976, its biggest year
Despina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1976 were Jennifer, Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Despina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Angelenepeak 1975
- Zoilapeak 1988
- Lucilapeak 1982
- Carlenapeak 1975
- Genellepeak 1981
- Neysapeak 1971
- Arceliapeak 1975
- Estelapeak 2022
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.