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Dessie Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dessie?

In 2018 the rare name Dessie, ranked the 12,733rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dessie is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #233 was reached in 1885.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1918 with 308 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dessie was 5 in 2014.

Dessie, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1887-1890, 1906-1915, and 1977-1980, whereas 1935-1938, and 1963-1966 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Dessie has been moving upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Dessie lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dessie?

Dessie's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Dessie is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dessie has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Dessie (Girl)Dessie (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 7 12,733 < 5 --
2017 6 14,551 < 5 --
2016 8 12,033 < 5 --
2015 11 9,634 < 5 --
2014 5 17,208 < 5 --
2013 11 9,754 < 5 --
2012 6 15,447 < 5 --
2011 9 11,435 < 5 --
2010 6 15,464 < 5 --
2009 8 12,735 < 5 --
2008 6 15,926 < 5 --
2007 9 11,891 < 5 --
2006 14 8,363 < 5 --
2005 6 14,983 < 5 --
2004 10 10,109 < 5 --
2003 9 10,672 < 5 --
2002 8 11,403 < 5 --
2001 12 8,331 < 5 --
2000 10 9,344 < 5 --
1999 14 6,921 < 5 --
1998 5 14,775 < 5 --
1997 6 12,510 < 5 --
1996 13 6,825 < 5 --
1995 9 8,962 < 5 --
1994 9 9,020 < 5 --
1993 14 6,359 < 5 --
1992 13 6,745 < 5 --
1991 11 7,547 5 8,528
1990 15 5,908 < 5 --
1989 12 6,646 < 5 --
1988 12 6,373 < 5 --
1987 15 5,132 < 5 --
1986 20 4,066 < 5 --
1985 19 4,170 < 5 --
1984 5 10,821 < 5 --
1983 19 3,981 < 5 --
1982 22 3,677 < 5 --
1981 16 4,585 < 5 --
1980 27 3,149 < 5 --
1979 21 3,696 < 5 --
1978 15 4,500 < 5 --
1977 11 5,602 5 6,082
1976 13 4,690 < 5 --
1975 20 3,422 < 5 --
1974 26 2,776 < 5 --
1973 25 2,768 < 5 --
1972 29 2,467 < 5 --
1971 17 3,686 < 5 --
1970 23 2,952 < 5 --
1969 20 3,035 < 5 --
1968 22 2,724 < 5 --
1967 24 2,509 < 5 --
1966 21 2,691 < 5 --
1965 32 2,075 < 5 --
1964 33 2,078 < 5 --
1963 45 1,722 7 3,398
1962 44 1,711 < 5 --
1961 50 1,599 < 5 --
1960 53 1,524 < 5 --
1959 51 1,522 < 5 --
1958 50 1,512 < 5 --
1957 51 1,494 7 3,319
1956 55 1,418 < 5 --
1955 52 1,391 9 2,815
1954 61 1,268 5 3,958
1953 62 1,228 7 3,204
1952 61 1,220 < 5 --
1951 72 1,100 5 3,840
1950 74 1,074 < 5 --
1949 87 959 5 3,816
1948 72 1,044 < 5 --
1947 79 995 < 5 --
1946 71 999 5 3,646
1945 86 816 7 2,814
1944 83 838 6 3,192
1943 81 864 6 3,305
1942 110 709 < 5 --
1941 96 720 5 3,623
1940 100 697 < 5 --
1939 118 621 7 2,898
1938 90 722 7 2,934
1937 119 622 9 2,535
1936 137 558 6 3,242
1935 124 579 7 3,026
1934 128 568 9 2,608
1933 120 589 7 3,083
1932 183 489 < 5 --
1931 165 505 6 3,484
1930 185 489 8 3,088
1929 186 493 7 3,312
1928 201 482 7 3,438
1927 233 455 7 3,540
1926 221 463 7 3,466
1925 217 469 11 2,630
1924 239 450 11 2,693
1923 256 419 9 3,004
1922 269 402 14 2,268
1921 273 409 9 3,039
1920 283 392 14 2,247
1919 281 387 7 3,488
1918 308 371 7 3,458
1917 256 393 7 3,305
1916 283 368 11 2,418
1915 283 356 9 2,679
1914 225 353 6 2,997
1913 197 345 < 5 --
1912 155 373 5 2,638
1911 175 298 < 5 --
1910 164 303 < 5 --
1909 144 298 < 5 --
1908 140 299 < 5 --
1907 134 302 6 1,230
1906 121 304 < 5 --
1905 131 290 < 5 --
1904 125 284 < 5 --
1903 128 274 < 5 --
1902 121 285 < 5 --
1901 107 291 < 5 --
1900 125 294 7 1,074
1899 110 273 < 5 --
1898 110 295 < 5 --
1897 112 270 < 5 --
1896 108 278 < 5 --
1895 98 282 < 5 --
1894 106 267 < 5 --
1893 109 251 < 5 --
1892 97 269 < 5 --
1891 87 263 6 871
1890 102 244 < 5 --
1889 70 284 < 5 --
1888 78 261 < 5 --
1887 43 325 < 5 --
1886 52 285 < 5 --
1885 72 233 < 5 --
1884 61 247 < 5 --
1883 39 283 < 5 --
1882 47 250 < 5 --
1881 42 244 < 5 --
1880 36 255 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.