Boy
Desmond
Desmond is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1990s.
IrishIrish "Deas-Mhumhain"
EtymologyMeaning "south Munster"
Births by decade
1900s
14
1910s
164
1920s
380
1930s
238
1940s
245
1950s
492
1960s
1,180
1970s
3,098
1980s
5,467
1990s
7,961
2000s
6,333
2010s
7,552
Peaked in the 1990s · 33,124 total U.S. births since 1900