Dez
Boy · DEZ · Irish
Dez is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “from South Munster”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Dez mean?
Irish: short form of Desmond
“from South Munster”
Desmond comes from an Irish surname for someone from Deasmhumhain, the old kingdom of South Munster.
- Say it
- DEZ
Is Dez a girl's or a boy's name?
Dez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Dez, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Dez than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Dez in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
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