Desmond
12
Babies in 2024
-8%
10-year change
2009
Peak · 22
+33%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Desmond
Desmond peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (22 babies in 2009) and has remained in active use — 12 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Desmond reached its peak in 2009, when 22 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,133 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 12 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 300 boys have been officially registered with the name Desmond in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 116 boys were registered with the name, starting from 13 in 2014 and ending at 12 in 2024.