How Many People Are Named Dessie?
people named Dessie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 144,824 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,731 babies named Dessie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
315 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dessie, 97.3% were girls and 2.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 95.6% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dessie alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dessie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 315 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dessie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #233, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #12,227.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,227 |
| Best rank | #233 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #445 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dessie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dessie were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 197 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dessie was given 5.7 times as often in Mississippi, 4.1 times in Arkansas and 3.1 times in Alabama.
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