How Many People Are Named Desha?
people named Desha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 432,092 people in the US has this name
Based on 818 babies named Desha in Social Security records from 1963 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Desha, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Desha alive today is about 37 years old, and 66% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Desha first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 1997, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2013
🏆 Rank History
Desha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,659, in 1969.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,659 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,769 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Desha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Desha were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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