Desean
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Desean is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Desean mean?
Modern: the prefix De- combined with Sean
Formed with the popular African-American prefix De- and Sean, an Irish form of John.
Is Desean a girl's or a boy's name?
Desean is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Desean in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Desean, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 157 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Desean in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 156 boys in the US were given Desean or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,140, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Desean in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 79 | #1,853 |
| 2014 | 97 | #1,608 |
| 2013 | 92 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,398 |
| 2011 | 157 | #1,149 |
| 2010 | 157 | #1,168 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | 110 | #1,457 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,460 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,361 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,333 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,371 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,135 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,257 |
| 1999 | 105 | #1,210 |
| 1998 | 113 | #1,124 |
| 1997 | 112 | #1,122 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,069 |
| 1995 | 123 | #996 |
| 1994 | 127 | #977 |
| 1993 | 114 | #1,029 |
| 1992 | 110 | #1,040 |
| 1991 | 125 | #949 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,079 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,223 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,142 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,152 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Names like Desean
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Kayden Declan Brayden Deacon Aiden Brennan Brody Cannon Ronan Devin Finn
Other spellings of Desean
Names related to Desean
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Desean: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/desean, updated 20 October 2026.