Desmond is an established boys' name that peaked in 1992 and remains in steady use.
Desmond is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #376 for boy births in the United States (and #752 across all names), given to 839 babies. Desmond was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1992 (1,069 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 839 | 839 | — | #376 |
| 2024 | 891 | 891 | — | #368 |
| 2023 | 797 | 797 | — | #399 |
| 2022 | 907 | 907 | — | #363 |
| 2021 | 920 | 920 | — | #354 |
| 2020 | 862 | 862 | — | #361 |
| 2019 | 863 | 863 | — | #369 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | 1,030 | — | #324 |
| 2017 | 1,047 | 1,047 | — | #327 |
| 2016 | 894 | 894 | — | #371 |
| 2015 | 962 | 962 | — | #351 |
| 2014 | 1,035 | 1,035 | — | #330 |
| 2013 | 989 | 989 | #17,246 | #329 |
| 2012 | 924 | 924 | — | #339 |
| 2011 | 843 | 843 | — | #355 |
| 2010 | 878 | 878 | — | #349 |
| 2009 | 789 | 789 | — | #383 |
| 2008 | 720 | 720 | — | #412 |
| 2007 | 681 | 681 | #18,380 | #425 |
| 2006 | 583 | 583 | — | #463 |
| 2005 | 530 | 530 | — | #472 |
| 2004 | 543 | 543 | — | #466 |
| 2003 | 562 | 562 | #14,357 | #454 |
| 2002 | 589 | 589 | #16,128 | #422 |
| 2001 | 636 | 636 | — | #397 |
| 2000 | 704 | 704 | #15,704 | #375 |
| 1999 | 752 | 752 | #8,966 | #351 |
| 1998 | 749 | 749 | #10,370 | #352 |
| 1997 | 901 | — | #5,953 | #308 |
| 1996 | 638 | — | #7,263 | #375 |
| 1995 | 676 | — | #8,963 | #361 |
| 1994 | 681 | — | #7,753 | #359 |
| 1993 | 764 | — | #7,145 | #336 |
| 1992 | 1,080 | — | #7,660 | #264 |
| 1991 | 846 | — | #7,547 | #308 |
| 1990 | 877 | — | #11,783 | #287 |
| 1989 | 770 | — | #7,102 | #315 |
| 1988 | 701 | — | #7,873 | #316 |
| 1987 | 602 | — | #8,196 | #339 |
| 1986 | 687 | — | #6,274 | #302 |
| 1985 | 682 | — | #11,090 | #301 |
| 1984 | 376 | — | — | #430 |
| 1983 | 362 | — | #8,260 | #441 |
| 1982 | 362 | — | #9,528 | #454 |
| 1981 | 387 | — | — | #423 |
| 1980 | 539 | — | #6,016 | #347 |
| 1979 | 453 | — | #6,321 | #383 |
| 1978 | 538 | — | #6,057 | #332 |
| 1977 | 378 | — | #7,047 | #407 |
| 1976 | 257 | — | — | #497 |
| 1975 | 245 | — | #9,437 | #519 |
| 1974 | 313 | — | — | #447 |
| 1973 | 279 | — | — | #469 |
| 1972 | 246 | — | — | #501 |
| 1971 | 225 | — | — | #534 |
| 1970 | 165 | — | — | #630 |
| 1969 | 132 | — | — | #687 |
| 1968 | 127 | — | — | #666 |
| 1967 | 148 | — | — | #615 |
| 1966 | 121 | — | — | #673 |
| 1965 | 124 | — | — | #666 |
| 1964 | 134 | — | — | #665 |
| 1963 | 117 | — | — | #723 |
| 1962 | 100 | — | — | #765 |
| 1961 | 92 | — | — | #793 |
| 1960 | 85 | — | — | #827 |
| 1959 | 60 | — | — | #996 |
| 1958 | 43 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1957 | 49 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1956 | 56 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1955 | 62 | — | — | #952 |
| 1954 | 65 | — | — | #923 |
| 1953 | 44 | — | — | #1,110 |
| 1952 | 33 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1951 | 43 | — | — | #1,098 |
| 1950 | 37 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1949 | 26 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1947 | 36 | — | — | #1,218 |
| 1946 | 31 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1945 | 23 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | — | #1,494 |
| 1943 | 23 | — | — | #1,469 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | — | #1,694 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | — | #1,822 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | — | #1,463 |
| 1938 | 23 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1937 | 23 | — | — | #1,417 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | — | #1,797 |
| 1933 | 22 | — | — | #1,468 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | — | #1,265 |
| 1931 | 34 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | — | #1,394 |
| 1927 | 33 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1926 | 50 | — | — | #968 |
| 1925 | 33 | — | — | #1,259 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1923 | 52 | — | — | #956 |
| 1922 | 66 | — | — | #842 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1919 | 15 | — | — | #2,083 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | — | #1,617 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | — | #1,567 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,805 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #900 |