Dessie

Boy · recorded 1891–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1991. 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 Dessie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1891

0305918911916194119661991

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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 43 recorded years as a table
Dessie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189159
190047
190741
191212
19149
191511
191612
19178
19187
19197
192013
19218
192213
19238
192410
192510
19266
19276
19286
19297
19307
19316
19337
19349
19357
19366
19378
19386
19396
19414
19434
19444
19455
19463
19493
19513
19534
19542
19554
19573
19633
19773
19912

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dessie 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
5
Rank in 1991
#8,236
How rare
1 in 404,065 boys
Since 1891
317

Dessie was last recorded in 1991. 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 1891, at 59 per million boys born.

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

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