Deshay

Boy · recorded 1973–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1994best year

Most popular in 1994.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Deshay.

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Its story

Popularity since 1973

04719731983199320022012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Deshay, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19733
19793
19833
19853
19863
19886
19894
19905
19915
19927
19933
19947
19956
19964
19974
19983
19994
20006
20013
20043
20053
20113
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deshay isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
6
Rank in 2012
#10,770
How rare
1 in 316,157 boys
Since 1973
183

Deshay was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1994, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Deshay doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.