Dessie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DES-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Dessie is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Dessie come from?
Old American pet form of names such as Odessa
Is Dessie a girl's or a boy's name?
Dessie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dessie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Dessie, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1918, with 308 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dessie in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 1936, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dessie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,515 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,511 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,403 |
| 1954 | 62 | #1,255 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,224 |
| 1952 | 61 | #1,215 |
| 1951 | 72 | #1,097 |
| 1950 | 74 | #1,072 |
| 1949 | 87 | #957 |
| 1948 | 72 | #1,040 |
| 1947 | 79 | #991 |
| 1946 | 71 | #996 |
| 1945 | 86 | #816 |
| 1944 | 83 | #836 |
| 1943 | 81 | #864 |
| 1942 | 110 | #709 |
| 1941 | 96 | #719 |
| 1940 | 100 | #697 |
| 1939 | 118 | #621 |
| 1938 | 90 | #723 |
| 1937 | 119 | #620 |
| 1936 | 137 | #557 |
| 1935 | 124 | #578 |
| 1934 | 128 | #568 |
| 1933 | 120 | #588 |
| 1932 | 183 | #489 |
| 1931 | 165 | #504 |
| 1930 | 185 | #489 |
| 1929 | 186 | #493 |
| 1928 | 201 | #482 |
| 1927 | 233 | #455 |
| 1926 | 221 | #463 |
| 1925 | 217 | #469 |
| 1924 | 239 | #450 |
| 1923 | 256 | #419 |
| 1922 | 269 | #402 |
| 1921 | 273 | #409 |
| 1920 | 283 | #392 |
| 1919 | 281 | #387 |
| 1918 | 308 | #370 |
| 1917 | 256 | #393 |
| 1916 | 283 | #367 |
| 1915 | 283 | #356 |
| 1914 | 225 | #353 |
| 1913 | 197 | #345 |
| 1912 | 155 | #373 |
| 1911 | 175 | #298 |
| 1910 | 164 | #303 |
| 1909 | 144 | #297 |
| 1908 | 140 | #299 |
| 1907 | 134 | #302 |
| 1906 | 121 | #304 |
| 1905 | 131 | #290 |
| 1904 | 125 | #284 |
| 1903 | 128 | #274 |
| 1902 | 121 | #285 |
| 1901 | 107 | #289 |
| 1900 | 125 | #293 |
| 1899 | 110 | #273 |
| 1898 | 110 | #295 |
| 1897 | 112 | #270 |
| 1896 | 108 | #276 |
| 1895 | 98 | #282 |
| 1894 | 106 | #267 |
| 1893 | 109 | #251 |
| 1892 | 97 | #269 |
| 1891 | 87 | #263 |
| 1890 | 102 | #242 |
| 1889 | 70 | #283 |
| 1888 | 78 | #261 |
| 1887 | 43 | #324 |
| 1886 | 52 | #285 |
| 1885 | 72 | #233 |
| 1884 | 61 | #247 |
| 1883 | 39 | #282 |
| 1882 | 47 | #250 |
| 1881 | 42 | #244 |
| 1880 | 36 | #254 |
Names like Dessie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nellie, Lottie, Annie, Elsie, Hattie, Rosie, Winnie, Goldie, Marie, Birdie, Della, Lettie
Names related to Dessie
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, “Dessie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dessie, updated 20 October 2026.