Desha is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Desha is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Desha was first reported in SSA data in 1963 and peaked in 1997 (43 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,300 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,262 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,651 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #11,692 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,133 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | #8,854 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,863 | — |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #5,956 | — |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | #5,882 | — |
| 2000 | 23 | 23 | #5,036 | — |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | #3,736 | — |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | #4,164 | — |
| 1997 | 43 | — | #2,834 | — |
| 1996 | 42 | — | #2,860 | — |
| 1995 | 28 | — | #4,383 | #9,208 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #3,468 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #4,291 | — |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #3,995 | — |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #4,374 | — |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #4,914 | — |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #4,151 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #4,051 | — |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,676 | — |
| 1986 | 19 | — | #4,229 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #5,756 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #6,001 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,537 | — |
| 1982 | 12 | — | #5,635 | — |
| 1981 | 24 | — | #3,456 | — |
| 1980 | 22 | — | #3,639 | — |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,166 | — |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #3,951 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #4,103 | — |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #4,204 | — |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #6,089 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,775 | — |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #3,373 | — |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #2,924 | — |
| 1971 | 20 | — | #3,288 | — |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #2,872 | — |
| 1969 | 25 | — | #2,659 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,271 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #6,837 | — |