Dessa is a rare variant of Dessie that peaked in 2001 and has grown less common since.
Dessa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,910 for girl births in the United States (and #11,959 across all names), given to 16 babies. Dessa first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2001 (31 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | #6,910 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | #7,334 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #11,462 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | #9,212 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #15,858 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #5,918 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #5,659 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #7,877 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #6,607 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #6,485 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | #6,293 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #7,770 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #6,541 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,671 |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | #7,204 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | #9,385 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,546 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #7,500 |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | #5,763 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,581 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #5,875 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #7,950 |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | #6,676 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #7,951 |
| 2001 | 31 | 31 | #4,044 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #6,013 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | #10,617 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #8,770 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #7,729 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,818 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,777 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | #5,270 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #9,710 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #8,788 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #5,353 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | #6,647 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #5,115 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #6,441 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #8,782 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,138 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #5,285 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #3,982 |
| 1982 | 19 | — | #4,057 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,339 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,373 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | #4,673 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,812 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #7,048 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,310 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #4,926 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #3,900 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,841 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #6,731 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #5,644 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,091 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,246 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | #4,053 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #4,373 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #3,598 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #3,792 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #3,739 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #3,665 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,614 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,651 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,742 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #3,667 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,261 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #3,751 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #2,744 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,629 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,362 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,757 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #2,515 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,140 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,102 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,685 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #2,434 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #3,097 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #3,075 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,197 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,724 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #3,572 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,827 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #3,073 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,587 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,770 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,779 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,347 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,918 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,980 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,454 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,365 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | #1,603 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,615 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,118 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,221 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,504 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,191 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,920 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,519 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,557 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | #2,105 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | #1,848 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,935 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | #2,299 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,549 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | #2,128 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #2,018 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,752 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,819 |
| 1914 | 13 | — | #1,928 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,186 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #2,013 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #2,263 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,081 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,808 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,281 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,679 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,452 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | #1,060 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,477 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | #1,025 |
| 1900 | 16 | — | #947 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | #797 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | #1,018 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | #872 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | #1,061 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,001 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #1,015 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,203 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | #1,029 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #1,030 |
| 1889 | 17 | — | #625 |
| 1888 | 13 | — | #732 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #969 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #741 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | #755 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #951 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | #620 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #691 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #694 |
| 1880 | 12 | — | #500 |