Given name & surname

Desia

Desia is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Desia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Desia through the years

Babies since 1880
131
0 boys · 131 girls
Most popular year
1995
19 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520002025Highest share 19950.0
Desia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1992–2025, per million girls born. 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 218 as a first name in 2020.

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

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The ring: across languages.

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

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Modern

Dashia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Deshira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dykeria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Deshauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Damiesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Donicia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sardinian · Modern

Deiana

“fairy”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Deirra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Desia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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