Is Dezi a boy or girl name?

Dezi is a unisex name. Of the 657 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 46.9% were girls and 53.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2025, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Dezi

Recorded 1959–2025 · United States

Dezi was most popular in 2025, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,507 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 657 people named Dezi.

Dezi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dezi’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dezi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dezi is a unisex name — 46.9% of the 657 Americans given it were girls and 53.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 55% girls and 45% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org