Desiree
#1,427 for girls in 2025, 151 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 2,915 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 83,563since 1910
Desiree over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,427 | 151 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,135 | 213 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,209 | 197 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,098 | 227 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,080 | 232 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,059 | 234 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,057 | 242 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,014 | 256 | — | |
| 2017 | #965 | 273 | — | |
| 2016 | #953 | 285 | — | |
| 2015 | #805 | 349 | — | |
| 2014 | #703 | 401 | — | |
| 2013 | #617 | 453 | — | |
| 2012 | #609 | 470 | — | |
| 2011 | #594 | 485 | — | |
| 2010 | #472 | 641 | — | |
| 2009 | #441 | 715 | — | |
| 2008 | #380 | 851 | — | |
| 2007 | #327 | 1,022 | — | |
| 2006 | #300 | 1,103 | — | |
| 2005 | #286 | 1,161 | — | |
| 2004 | #234 | 1,394 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #215 | 1,505 | — | |
| 2002 | #213 | 1,550 | — | |
| 2001 | #191 | 1,721 | — | |
| 2000 | #181 | 1,790 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #173 | 1,820 | — | |
| 1998 | #159 | 1,999 | — | |
| 1997 | #147 | 2,185 | — | |
| 1996 | #144 | 2,277 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #132 | 2,400 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #125 | 2,546 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #133 | 2,444 | — | |
| 1992 | #122 | 2,760 | — | |
| 1991 | #126 | 2,486 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #125 | 2,575 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #127 | 2,348 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #127 | 2,266 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #124 | 2,251 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #141 | 2,006 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #126 | 2,304 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #128 | 2,230 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #94 | 2,915 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #142 | 2,097 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #171 | 1,607 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #156 | 1,785 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #170 | 1,634 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #154 | 1,809 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #251 | 983 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #275 | 837 | — | |
| 1975 | #305 | 753 | — | |
| 1974 | #306 | 772 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #310 | 752 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #308 | 785 | — | |
| 1971 | #338 | 752 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #333 | 788 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #325 | 772 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #321 | 731 | — | |
| 1967 | #323 | 732 | — | |
| 1966 | #314 | 798 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #310 | 855 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #341 | 780 | — | |
| 1963 | #328 | 819 | — | |
| 1962 | #402 | 572 | — | |
| 1961 | #412 | 560 | — | |
| 1960 | #420 | 532 | — | |
| 1959 | #427 | 499 | — | |
| 1958 | #416 | 502 | — | |
| 1957 | #422 | 492 | — | |
| 1956 | #373 | 556 | — | |
| 1955 | #309 | 766 | — | |
| 1954 | #984 | 98 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,276 | 58 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
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| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
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| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Desiree! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Desiree is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#85 · 1 in 297
- Alaska#110 · 1 in 349
- Nevada#128 · 1 in 455
- Colorado#138 · 1 in 562
- Delaware#161 · 1 in 614
Best ever in a state: #22 in New Mexico, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #85 | 15 | 1 in 297 |
| Alaska | #110 | 6 | 1 in 349 |
| Nevada | #128 | 6 | 1 in 455 |
| Colorado | #138 | 28 | 1 in 562 |
| Delaware | #161 | 5 | 1 in 614 |
| New York | #163 | 136 | 1 in 815 |
| Rhode Island | #163 | 6 | 1 in 865 |
| North Dakota | #164 | 6 | 1 in 659 |
| Pennsylvania | #218 | 57 | 1 in 1,265 |
| California | #220 | 122 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Oregon | #231 | 11 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Washington | #231 | 17 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Louisiana | #246 | 23 | 1 in 1,153 |
| New Jersey | #250 | 29 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Florida | #261 | 32 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Connecticut | #265 | 10 | 1 in 1,582 |
| District of Columbia | #271 | 6 | 1 in 1,234 |
| Indiana | #295 | 19 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Maryland | #302 | 11 | 1 in 1,871 |
| Ohio | #326 | 32 | 1 in 2,327 |
| Utah | #327 | 6 | 1 in 1,755 |
| Virginia | #338 | 12 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Minnesota | #357 | 8 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Arizona | #358 | 8 | 1 in 1,809 |
| Illinois | #359 | 33 | 1 in 2,260 |
| Massachusetts | #376 | 11 | 1 in 3,111 |
| Michigan | #393 | 20 | 1 in 3,095 |
| Missouri | #419 | 9 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Texas | #433 | 37 | 1 in 2,605 |
| Oklahoma | #456 | 5 | 1 in 3,260 |
| Mississippi | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Tennessee | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Georgia | #636 | 6 | 1 in 5,997 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 292 spots since 2024 (#1,135 → #1,427)
- 368 spots since 2020 (#1,059 → #1,427)
- 622 spots since 2015 (#805 → #1,427)
- Biggest jump: 675 spots in 1955 (#984 → #309)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2016 (#805 → #953)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1983 at #94 (2,915 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1983
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1954–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 573
- Highest: 1 in 573 girls born in 1983 were named Desiree (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,644 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 28.1% of all girls named Desiree (23,492) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,191 (1911) | #2,603 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,778 (1925) | #3,563 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,730 (1938) | #3,587 |
| 1940s | 148 | #1,863 (1947) | #2,699 |
| 1950s | 3,063 | #309 (1955) | #946 |
| 1960s | 7,151 | #310 (1965) | #350 |
| 1970s | 9,865 | #154 (1978) | #275 |
| 1980s | 21,809 | #94 (1983) | #134 |
| 1990s | 23,492 | #122 (1992) | #139 |
| 2000s | 12,812 | #181 (2000) | #277 |
| 2010s | 3,855 | #472 (2010) | #779 |
| 2020s | 1,254 | #1,059 (2020) | #1,168 |
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.
Desiree in 1972
girls
#308
785 births · 1 in 1,938 girls
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,938 of them was named Desiree, which outranked 96.8% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Desiree
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.