Desmen

Boy · recorded 1980–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2016. 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 Desmen.

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Its story

Popularity since 1980

03619801989199820072016

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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 22 recorded years as a table
Desmen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19803
19813
19843
19903
19912
19925
19933
19943
19954
19976
19984
19995
20004
20014
20023
20034
20044
20055
20062
20075
20143
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Desmen 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 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#12,185
How rare
1 in 379,547 boys
Since 1980
156

Desmen was last recorded in 2016. 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 1997, at 6 per million boys born.

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

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