Desira
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #9,892
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 227since 1942
Desira over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Desira has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
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| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
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| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five girls were named Desira! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Desira is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Desira in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Desira
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1942 at #4,622 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 122,929
- Highest: 1 in 122,929 girls born in 1992 were named Desira (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 183,625 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,622 in 1942, was only 1 in 270,144 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 40.1% of all girls named Desira (91) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,622 (1942) | #4,622 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 13 | #4,896 (1963) | #5,730 |
| 1970s | 23 | #6,362 (1970) | #6,539 |
| 1980s | 70 | #6,612 (1986) | #8,178 |
| 1990s | 91 | #6,008 (1992) | #9,588 |
| 2000s | 25 | #9,874 (2000) | #11,203 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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