Dessie is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Dessie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,231 for girl births in the United States (and #20,514 across all names), given to 7 babies. Dessie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (308 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,231 | — |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #12,507 | — |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | #9,142 | — |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | #10,591 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | #12,530 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #11,639 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #12,831 | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #14,603 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,068 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | #9,104 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #17,240 | — |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | #9,769 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #15,468 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #11,445 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #15,482 | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #12,747 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #15,935 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #11,897 | — |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #8,368 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #14,986 | — |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #10,114 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 | #10,677 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #11,409 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #8,333 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #9,347 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,924 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,775 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #12,511 | — |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #6,828 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #8,964 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,024 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | — | #6,360 | — |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #6,749 | — |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #7,548 | #8,529 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #5,908 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | — | #6,648 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #6,374 | — |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #5,133 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,066 | — |
| 1985 | 19 | — | #4,173 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #10,830 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #3,983 | — |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #3,676 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #4,589 | — |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #3,146 | — |
| 1979 | 21 | — | #3,695 | — |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #4,502 | — |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #5,603 | #6,086 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #4,689 | — |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #3,423 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,776 | — |
| 1973 | 25 | — | #2,771 | — |
| 1972 | 29 | — | #2,467 | — |
| 1971 | 17 | — | #3,690 | — |
| 1970 | 23 | — | #2,955 | — |
| 1969 | 20 | — | #3,035 | — |
| 1968 | 22 | — | #2,727 | — |
| 1967 | 24 | — | #2,510 | — |
| 1966 | 21 | — | #2,692 | — |
| 1965 | 32 | — | #2,076 | — |
| 1964 | 33 | — | #2,078 | — |
| 1963 | 52 | — | #1,721 | #3,400 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | #1,710 | — |
| 1961 | 50 | — | #1,601 | — |
| 1960 | 53 | — | #1,524 | — |
| 1959 | 51 | — | #1,523 | — |
| 1958 | 50 | — | #1,514 | — |
| 1957 | 58 | — | #1,495 | #3,322 |
| 1956 | 55 | — | #1,416 | — |
| 1955 | 60 | — | #1,408 | #2,816 |
| 1954 | 67 | — | #1,259 | #3,960 |
| 1953 | 69 | — | #1,227 | #3,207 |
| 1952 | 61 | — | #1,220 | — |
| 1951 | 77 | — | #1,100 | #3,840 |
| 1950 | 74 | — | #1,074 | — |
| 1949 | 92 | — | #959 | #3,817 |
| 1948 | 72 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1947 | 79 | — | #993 | — |
| 1946 | 76 | — | #999 | #3,647 |
| 1945 | 93 | — | #816 | #2,814 |
| 1944 | 89 | — | #838 | #3,192 |
| 1943 | 87 | — | #864 | #3,305 |
| 1942 | 110 | — | #709 | — |
| 1941 | 101 | — | #720 | #3,625 |
| 1940 | 100 | — | #697 | — |
| 1939 | 125 | — | #621 | #2,898 |
| 1938 | 97 | — | #723 | #2,935 |
| 1937 | 128 | — | #622 | #2,534 |
| 1936 | 143 | — | #558 | #3,241 |
| 1935 | 131 | — | #579 | #3,028 |
| 1934 | 137 | — | #568 | #2,608 |
| 1933 | 127 | — | #589 | #3,083 |
| 1932 | 183 | — | #489 | — |
| 1931 | 171 | — | #505 | #3,485 |
| 1930 | 193 | — | #489 | #3,089 |
| 1929 | 193 | — | #493 | #3,311 |
| 1928 | 208 | — | #482 | #3,439 |
| 1927 | 240 | — | #455 | #3,541 |
| 1926 | 228 | — | #463 | #3,466 |
| 1925 | 228 | — | #469 | #2,631 |
| 1924 | 250 | — | #450 | #2,693 |
| 1923 | 265 | — | #420 | #3,003 |
| 1922 | 283 | — | #402 | #2,268 |
| 1921 | 282 | — | #409 | #3,039 |
| 1920 | 297 | — | #392 | #2,247 |
| 1919 | 288 | — | #387 | #3,488 |
| 1918 | 315 | — | #371 | #3,458 |
| 1917 | 263 | — | #393 | #3,305 |
| 1916 | 294 | — | #368 | #2,418 |
| 1915 | 292 | — | #356 | #2,679 |
| 1914 | 231 | — | #353 | #2,997 |
| 1913 | 197 | — | #345 | — |
| 1912 | 160 | — | #373 | #2,638 |
| 1911 | 175 | — | #298 | — |
| 1910 | 164 | — | #303 | — |
| 1909 | 144 | — | #298 | — |
| 1908 | 140 | — | #299 | — |
| 1907 | 140 | — | #302 | #1,230 |
| 1906 | 121 | — | #304 | — |
| 1905 | 131 | — | #290 | — |
| 1904 | 125 | — | #284 | — |
| 1903 | 128 | — | #274 | — |
| 1902 | 121 | — | #285 | — |
| 1901 | 107 | — | #291 | — |
| 1900 | 132 | — | #294 | #1,074 |
| 1899 | 110 | — | #273 | — |
| 1898 | 110 | — | #295 | — |
| 1897 | 112 | — | #270 | — |
| 1896 | 108 | — | #278 | — |
| 1895 | 98 | — | #282 | — |
| 1894 | 106 | — | #267 | — |
| 1893 | 109 | — | #251 | — |
| 1892 | 97 | — | #269 | — |
| 1891 | 93 | — | #263 | #871 |
| 1890 | 102 | — | #244 | — |
| 1889 | 70 | — | #284 | — |
| 1888 | 78 | — | #261 | — |
| 1887 | 43 | — | #325 | — |
| 1886 | 52 | — | #285 | — |
| 1885 | 72 | — | #233 | — |
| 1884 | 61 | — | #247 | — |
| 1883 | 39 | — | #283 | — |
| 1882 | 47 | — | #250 | — |
| 1881 | 42 | — | #244 | — |
| 1880 | 36 | — | #255 | — |