girls:
5 births since 1955
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1957
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
16 births since 1955
#7723 (0th percentile)
The name Des is the #7,723 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1955.
Des first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1957 for boys). Birth data for Des is available in 3 out of the 17 years between 1955 and 1971 (2 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Des has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.8% of all recorded births). In 1971, 100.0% of babies named Des were boys. Interestingly, until around 1957, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1955 to 1956), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1957 to 1971).
For boys, Des reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #666) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1971.
For girls, Des reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #728) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1955.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Des".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Des. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.3% confident that Des is pronounced as dehz, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dehs, at 31.3% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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