Given name

Deshai

“a confident man”

Deshai is a variant of Deshae. One American interpretation is “a confident man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Deshai is a variant of Deshae. One American interpretation is “a confident man.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Deshai is a variant of Deshae. An origin associated with Deshae is American.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deshai through the years

Babies since 1880
27
5 boys · 22 girls
Most popular year
1995
8 babies
2025
5
#12,505 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
024620002025Highest share 1995Boys 2.9Girls 0.0
Deshai in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,505 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Deshai’s family of names

Deshai has a related form in Deshae.

Walk Deshai’s family in the name graph

DeshaiDeshayDeshae

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Deshai, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Deshira

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Deshauna

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Deirra

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Dajanai

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>99% girls

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Daisya

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>99% girls

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Daysha

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Damiesha

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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