girls:
5 births since 2000
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
177 births since 1989
#4409 (4th percentile)
overall:
182 births since 1989
#7557 (2nd percentile)
The name Desmin is the #7,557 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 182 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,409 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 177 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2000.
Desmin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Desmin is available in 24 out of the 32 years between 1989 and 2020 (23 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 Desmin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Desmin reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #785) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Desmin reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #897) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Desmin".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Desmin", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Dezmin" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Dezmin..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Desmin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.5% confident that Desmin is pronounced as DEHZ-mihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-smihn, at 37.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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