Despina is a rare girls' name that peaked in 1976 and has grown less common since.
Despina is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #15,508 for girl births in the United States (and #25,743 across all names), given to 5 babies. Despina was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1976 (36 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #15,508 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | #7,014 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #7,743 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | #11,475 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,125 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #9,101 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #7,848 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #7,876 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #10,922 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #10,286 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | #11,139 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | #7,077 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 | #9,175 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #12,528 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #9,306 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #11,506 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | #7,433 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,649 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | #7,831 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | #7,981 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #9,050 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | #8,855 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #7,696 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | #6,470 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | #8,924 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #11,007 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | #6,267 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #5,193 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,157 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #5,860 |
| 1995 | 20 | — | #4,890 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #6,414 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #5,485 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #9,709 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #4,375 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,041 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | #5,357 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #5,114 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,513 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #5,517 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #3,759 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | #3,539 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #2,996 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #4,056 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #5,037 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #3,145 |
| 1979 | 25 | — | #3,264 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,884 |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #2,731 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,303 |
| 1975 | 22 | — | #3,186 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | #3,235 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | #3,519 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | #3,086 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #3,192 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | #3,238 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #3,121 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #2,988 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,111 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | #2,313 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #3,171 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #3,140 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,331 |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #2,950 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,086 |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #2,923 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #3,666 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #5,018 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #3,995 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #4,953 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #4,472 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #4,776 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #3,154 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #3,075 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,415 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,684 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,863 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #4,880 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,555 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,449 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,891 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #4,232 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,067 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,279 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,519 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #2,255 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #3,212 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,802 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,979 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,544 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,179 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,973 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,964 |
| 1930 | 15 | — | #2,221 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,467 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,652 |
| 1927 | 19 | — | #2,041 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | #2,498 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #2,131 |
| 1924 | 17 | — | #2,231 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,433 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | #3,208 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,982 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,621 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,685 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,580 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,422 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,595 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,891 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,753 |