Baby name

Dessa

Girl

Classic name

2001 was its best year: 31 births, or 1 baby in 120,715. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 142 years out of 146. In 2025, it ranked No. 6837.

1,817births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 4021rank at its peak, in 2001

Where babies named Dessa are born

2001

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One letter apart

Tessa 55,926
Odessa 18,564
Jessa 6,462
Nessa 1,368

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