Deshay
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- duh-SHAY
- Origin
- Modern
Deshay is a name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Deshay come from?
Modern: modern coinage, De- prefix + Shay
Is Deshay a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Deshay has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Deshay in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Deshay in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deshay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names related to Deshay
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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, “Deshay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deshay, updated 20 October 2026.