Desi
Unisex · DES-ee
Unisex
Desi is a name. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Desi come from?
Spelling of Dessie; old American pet form of names such as Odessa
- Say it
- DES-ee
Meaning borrowed from Dessie.
Is Desi a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Desi has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Desi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Desi, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949. 22 boys were also named Desi in 2025 (4,538th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Desi in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 16% of the babies named Desi in the US in 1954, and 61% in 2025.
Desi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Names like Desi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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