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Desmond
Pronounced /ˈdɛzmənd/
Rank in 2024
#368
Born in 2024
888
Peak year
1992 · #265
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 888 boys were named Desmond, about 1 in every 1,932.
- It peaked in 1992 with 1,068 babies, ranked #265.
- It first shows up in the records in 1904.
- 39,186 boys have been named Desmond since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Desmond per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 502 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 419 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,141 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,246 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,363 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 11,328 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,187 babies, 0.51 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh.
- A male given name transferred from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdɛzmənd/
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