Desma is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Desma is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Desma was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1968 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #12,882 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #9,807 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #8,920 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #7,659 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | #5,478 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,218 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #9,972 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #5,397 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #6,440 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #9,862 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #9,618 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #7,657 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #6,927 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,320 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #4,996 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #10,001 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,181 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,358 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,444 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #5,268 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #4,866 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #3,990 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | #3,622 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #4,499 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #3,200 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | #4,105 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #5,973 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,449 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,809 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #5,866 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,298 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,380 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,628 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,374 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #5,872 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,208 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #4,870 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,559 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,714 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,187 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,971 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,149 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,130 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,583 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,955 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #3,056 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,413 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,740 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,575 |