Desmond
Boy7 letters
#402
in Ireland (2025)
#390 with spellings combined
9
babies in 2025
#43
best rank (1964)
2,731
babies since 1964
Up 165
10-year rank change
Desmond through the years
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| Year | Babies (boys) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #390 |
| 2024 | 3 | #748 |
| 2023 | 4 | #626 |
| 2022 | 5 | #552 |
| 2021 | 6 | #479 |
| 2019 | 3 | #724 |
| 2017 | 4 | #610 |
| 2015 | 5 | #555 |
| 2014 | 6 | #508 |
| 2013 | 4 | #606 |
| 2012 | 8 | #430 |
| 2011 | 7 | #455 |
| 2010 | 4 | #611 |
| 2009 | 9 | #386 |
| 2008 | 11 | #346 |
| 2007 | 13 | #282 |
| 2006 | 12 | #271 |
| 2005 | 5 | #403 |
| 2004 | 10 | #263 |
| 2003 | 10 | #266 |
| 2002 | 12 | #216 |
| 2001 | 8 | #251 |
| 2000 | 9 | #223 |
| 1999 | 9 | #214 |
| 1998 | 15 | #168 |
| 1997 | 20 | #158 |
| 1996 | 17 | #176 |
| 1995 | 16 | #168 |
| 1994 | 13 | #180 |
| 1993 | 16 | #176 |
| 1992 | 28 | #141 |
| 1991 | 33 | #133 |
| 1990 | 25 | #149 |
| 1989 | 26 | #142 |
| 1988 | 44 | #110 |
| 1987 | 40 | #115 |
| 1986 | 35 | #118 |
| 1985 | 53 | #101 |
| 1984 | 53 | #104 |
| 1983 | 59 | #96 |
| 1982 | 73 | #87 |
| 1981 | 69 | #91 |
| 1980 | 81 | #86 |
| 1979 | 84 | #85 |
| 1978 | 87 | #79 |
| 1977 | 100 | #76 |
| 1976 | 95 | #80 |
| 1975 | 96 | #79 |
| 1974 | 91 | #78 |
| 1973 | 96 | #81 |
| 1972 | 134 | #62 |
| 1971 | 120 | #63 |
| 1970 | 136 | #55 |
| 1969 | 128 | #52 |
| 1968 | 121 | #52 |
| 1967 | 119 | #51 |
| 1966 | 139 | #46 |
| 1965 | 148 | #45 |
| 1964 | 145 | #43 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Desmond yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond | 9 | 2,731 |
In Northern Ireland
Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #218 (2001); 23 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.