Dessie
Dessie was the 12231st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 233rd; the most babies were born in 1918 (308). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,127 places. More babies were named Dessie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,231 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1918308 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,731babies recorded
Dessie popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 317 since 1891.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,231 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #15,482 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,347 | 10 |
| 1990 | #5,908 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,146 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,524 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,074 | 74 |
| 1940 | #697 | 100 |
| 1930 | #489 | 185 |
| 1920 | #392 | 283 |
| 1910 | #303 | 164 |
| 1900 | #294 | 125 |
| 1890 | #244 | 102 |
| 1880 | #255 | 36 |
How popular is Dessie, counting every spelling?
Dessie is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dessie | 7 | #12,231 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Dessie?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dessie (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Dessie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dessie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dessie?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Dessie are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 51 and 81. That makes Dessie a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dessie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dessie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Dessie
How popular is the name Dessie?
Dessie was the 12231st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 233rd; the most babies were born in 1918 (308). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,127 places. More babies were named Dessie in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Dessie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Dessie in the US.