Desiree

Where Desiree comes from

The dictionaries list Desiree as a given name — a female given name from French, alternative spelling of Désirée — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Peak, #94
    2,915 babies named Desiree — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1987
    Desiree Scott born
    Canadian soccer player
  4. 1992
    Desiree van Lunteren born
    association football player
  5. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #234.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, alternative spelling of Désirée.
Namesakes
  • Desiree Scott · Canadian soccer player, born 1987
  • Desiree van Lunteren · association football player, born 1992
  • Desiree Ellis · South African Soccer manager and former footballer player, born 1963
  • Desiree Akhavan · American filmmaker and screenwriter, born 1984
  • Desiree Linden · American marathon runner, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.