Desmond

What Desmond means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Desmond yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #351 in 2015 to #376 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Desmond?

US: Steady: #351 in 2015, #376 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 1,030 boys got the name (#323 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

• About 1 in 2,036 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,949 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (5.78 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Desmond is #376 in the US and #1307 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Desmond were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Dezmond72 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Desmond

Boys

• Dexter#692“right (handed)”^*
• Kendrick#535Editor’s note Down from #366 in 2015 to #535 in 2025 in the US
• Marshall#340Editor’s note Down from #319 in 2015 to #340 in 2025 in the US
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Colt#285From the word “colt”^*
• Royce#499Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #499 vs #1,307 in 2025

For a sister

• Blake#295“black”^*
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• Kori#978Form of Corey, possibly meaning “troop, host, company”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Collins#241“descendant of Coileán”^*
• Fallon#778“descendant of Fallamhan”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Desmond’s. Rank is US 2025.