Desmond

Origin: Irish
Meaning: Man from Desmond
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Gender: Boy
1,313^th All Time
4,783^rd in 2010

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1904	8	0	8
1908	6	0	6
1910	8	0	8
1911	5	0	5
1912	9	0	9
1913	17	0	17
1914	16	0	16
1915	19	0	19
1916	30	0	30
1917	22	0	22
1918	23	0	23
1919	15	0	15
1920	20	0	20
1921	30	0	30
1922	66	0	66
1923	52	0	52
1924	40	0	40
1925	33	0	33
1926	50	0	50
1927	33	0	33
1928	28	0	28
1929	28	0	28
1930	29	0	29
1931	34	0	34
1932	29	0	29
1933	22	0	22
1934	16	0	16
1935	24	0	24
1936	17	0	17
1937	23	0	23
1938	23	0	23
1939	21	0	21
1940	15	0	15
1941	25	0	25
1942	18	0	18
1943	23	0	23
1944	21	0	21
1945	23	0	23
1946	30	0	30
1947	36	0	36
1948	29	0	29
1949	25	0	25
1950	37	0	37
1951	43	0	43
1952	33	0	33
1953	44	0	44
1954	65	0	65
1955	62	0	62
1956	56	0	56
1957	49	0	49
1958	43	0	43
1959	60	0	60
1960	85	0	85
1961	92	0	92
1962	99	0	99
1963	116	0	116
1964	135	0	135
1965	124	0	124
1966	121	0	121
1967	148	0	148
1968	127	0	127
1969	134	0	134
1970	165	0	165
1971	225	0	225
1972	246	0	246
1973	279	0	279
1974	314	0	314
1975	245	5	240
1976	257	0	257
1977	378	8	370
1978	538	10	528
1979	452	10	442
1980	538	11	527
1981	387	0	387
1982	362	6	356
1983	363	7	356
1984	376	0	376
1985	681	5	676
1986	688	11	677
1987	602	8	594
1988	700	9	691
1989	769	11	758
1990	876	6	870
1991	846	11	835
1992	1,078	11	1,067
1993	764	12	752
1994	681	11	670
1995	676	9	667
1996	638	12	626
1997	901	16	885
1998	749	8	741
1999	752	10	742
2000	703	5	698
2001	636	0	636
2002	587	5	582
2003	562	6	556
2004	542	0	542
2005	530	0	530
2006	582	0	582
2007	681	5	676
2008	720	0	720
2009	788	0	788
2010	877	0	877
2011	841	0	841
2012	923	0	923
2013	983	5	978
2014	1,031	0	1,031
2015	955	0	955

Fun Facts about the name Desmond

How many people with the first name Desmond have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 31,181 babies born with the first name Desmond in the United States. That's more than enough people named Desmond to occupy the territory of Gibraltar (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 29,441 (as of July 1, 2010).
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 Esodmdn. 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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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Desmond	U.S.
█	White	88.97%	64.26%
█	African American	4.96%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.85%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.47%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.80%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.95%	16.26%

Of Last Name Desmond

People with the last name Desmond are most frequently White

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Meaning, Origin, Inspirations, and Associations

Have you been wondering what does the name "Desmond" mean? The list below shows the origins of Desmond as well as things modernly associated with the name Desmond such as celebrities named Desmond.

Irish

Origin and Meaning of Desmond

The name "Desmond" is of Irish origin, and it means "Man from Desmond". It's a name commonly given to boys.

Wiktionary

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

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