Desi

Boy · recorded 1948–2025

  • #4,539in 2025
  • 1 in 77,639boys in 2025
  • +65%last ten years
  • 3.1×in California

Most popular in 1972.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1948

0204019481967198720062025

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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 76 recorded years as a table
Desi, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19483
19513
19529
195324
195423
195517
195627
195715
195814
195920
196018
196112
196216
196316
196416
19659
196612
196712
196821
196924
197037
197134
197240
197333
197433
197529
197620
197730
197830
197937
198029
198120
198212
198318
198415
198512
198616
198713
198817
198911
199014
199116
199214
199316
199413
19957
199612
199716
199811
199915
200017
200111
200214
200315
200412
20056
20069
200711
20089
200916
201014
201116
201214
201310
20149
20158
201611
201712
20187
201913
202018
202113
202218
202318
202422
202513

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 3.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
22
Rank in 2025
#4,539
How rare
1 in 77,639 boys
Since 1948
2,347

Most popular in 1972, at 40 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 65% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California3.1×29

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