Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Despina

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Despina
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1976

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1914Peak 19762024

Peak year

1976

Decline from peak

55.6%

2024

All-time

1,517

Despina has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1976, when 36 girls were named Despina.

In 2024, only 16 girls were given the name.

Down 55.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,517 Americans have been named Despina and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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