Desmond

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• A submission from Puerto Rico says the name Desmond means "Alt" and is of English origin.

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1. An Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh " a man from South Munster".
2. A male given name derived from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.

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• How Popular is the name Desmond? Desmond is the 1,297^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Desmond was the 4,783^rd most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Desmond have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 33,124 babies born with the first name Desmond in the United States. That's more than enough people named Desmond to occupy the country of San Marino with an estimated population of 32,312 (as of March 31, 2012).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Desmond? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1904 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
• When was Desmond first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Desmond is Sunday, April 7th, 1872.
• What year had the most people named Desmond born? The highest recorded use of the first name Desmond was in 1992 with a total of 1,067 babies. That's a lot of babies named Desmond!
• Random Desmond Factoid: According to the 1991 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Desmond ranks 89^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in South Carolina. Imagine that, 50 babies in South Carolina have the same name as you in 1991.
• Weird things about the name Desmond: Your name in reverse order is Dnomsed. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Sddnmeo. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Desmond? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 7,395 people with the last name Desmond.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Desmond? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Desmond as their last name.

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