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Desmond

Boy's name · #376 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Desmond reached its best rank, #264, in 1992 and ranked #376 in 2025. About 40,000 boys have carried it since 1904.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#402 in Ireland (2025) · #427 in Canada (2025) · #1,218 in Italy (2024) · #1,307 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,854 in France (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #3,672 in Ecuador (2024) · #328 in New Zealand (2023) · #1,344 in Austria (2023) · #704 in Scotland (2018) · #342 in N. Ireland (2015) · #77 in Australia (QLD) (1963) and 1 more.

Famous Desmonds

• Desmond Tutu — South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
• Desmond Morris — English zoologist, ethologist and artist (1928–2026)
• Desmond Doss — US soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (1919–2006)
• Desmond Llewelyn — British actor (1914–1999)
• Desmond Dekker — Jamaican musician (1941–2006)
• Desmond Harrington — American actor (born 1976)
• Desmond Child — American songwriter and producer (born 1953)

In stories & tradition

• Desmond Hume — Fictional character of the TV series Lost
• Desmond Miles — Fictional character in Assassin's Creed
• Desmond Hart — Fictional character in the Dune: Prophecy television series

What Desmonds become

Among 427 notable people named Desmond:

Military figures appear 2.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Desmond Fitzpatrick, British Army general (1912–2002).

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