girls:
49 births since 2007
#5667 (1st percentile)
boys:
51 births since 2017
#4535 (1st percentile)
overall:
100 births since 2007
#7639 (1st percentile)
The name Desiah is the #7,639 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 100 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,535 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 2017. For girls, it ranks #5,667 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 49 births since 2007.
Desiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Desiah is available in 12 out of the 16 years between 2007 and 2022 (8 years for girls and 6 years for boys). 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 Desiah is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Desiah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2018, the name was more popular for girls (81.1% girls from 2007 to 2017), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.2% boys from 2018 to 2022).
For boys, Desiah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #922) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Desiah reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #983) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Desiah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Desiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.3% confident that Desiah is pronounced as deh-SAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is deh-ZAI-uh, at 12.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like D EH0 S AY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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