Desha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DESH-uh
Desha is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Desha a girl's or a boy's name?
Desha is a girls' name.
How popular is Desha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Desha in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Desha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Desha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhara, Priya, Krisha, Sasha, Radhika, Anika, Isha, Kridha, Aviva, Asha, Nika, Vibha
Names related to Desha
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, “Desha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/desha, updated 20 October 2026.