Dezmond
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEZ-mund
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,056 for boys
Dezmond is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “from South Munster”. In 2025 it ranked 2,056th for boys in the US (72 babies).
What does Dezmond mean?
Irish: spelling of Desmond
“from South Munster”
Desmond comes from an Irish surname for someone from Deasmhumhain, the old kingdom of South Munster.
Is Dezmond a girl's or a boy's name?
Dezmond is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dezmond in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,056th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were named Dezmond, making it the 2,056th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 135 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Dezmond than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Dezmond in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 911 boys in the US were given Dezmond or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #374, up from #2,056 for this spelling alone.
- Desmond 839
- Dezmond 72
Dezmond in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,056 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 |
| 2021 | 96 | #1,700 |
| 2020 | 88 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,582 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,489 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,449 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,443 |
| 2015 | 127 | #1,369 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,422 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,419 |
| 2011 | 117 | #1,411 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,298 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 83 | #1,772 |
| 2006 | 97 | #1,536 |
| 2005 | 83 | #1,633 |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,500 |
| 2003 | 83 | #1,535 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,257 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,063 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 66 | #1,449 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,354 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Nicknames for Dezmond
- Dez 7 boys in the US in 2025
- Des
Names like Dezmond
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Brayden, Keegan, Aiden, Ronan, Deacon, Finn, Kian, Kayden, Brody, Callan, Kellan
Other spellings of Dezmond
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
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, “Dezmond: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dezmond, updated 20 October 2026.