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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| 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 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#22 · 1 in 123
- Nevada#64 · 1 in 246
- Wyoming#66 · 1 in 231
- Arizona#77 · 1 in 382
- Montana#86 · 1 in 353
Best ever in a state: #22 in New Mexico, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #22 | 76 | 1 in 123 |
| Nevada | #64 | 23 | 1 in 246 |
| Wyoming | #66 | 8 | 1 in 231 |
| Arizona | #77 | 66 | 1 in 382 |
| Montana | #86 | 10 | 1 in 353 |
| California | #90 | 508 | 1 in 450 |
| New Jersey | #91 | 90 | 1 in 503 |
| Colorado | #97 | 45 | 1 in 464 |
| Maine | #99 | 15 | 1 in 409 |
| Texas | #100 | 228 | 1 in 563 |
| Florida | #109 | 112 | 1 in 651 |
| Nebraska | #112 | 17 | 1 in 532 |
| Oklahoma | #113 | 30 | 1 in 580 |
| Utah | #118 | 24 | 1 in 566 |
| Vermont | #119 | 5 | 1 in 524 |
| West Virginia | #123 | 15 | 1 in 577 |
| New York | #126 | 158 | 1 in 722 |
| North Dakota | #126 | 7 | 1 in 582 |
| Washington | #127 | 44 | 1 in 634 |
| Rhode Island | #130 | 9 | 1 in 577 |
| Pennsylvania | #131 | 95 | 1 in 736 |
| Hawaii | #137 | 9 | 1 in 553 |
| Arkansas | #140 | 17 | 1 in 727 |
| Louisiana | #140 | 36 | 1 in 731 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 545 |
| Delaware | #144 | 5 | 1 in 700 |
| Virginia | #153 | 39 | 1 in 920 |
| South Dakota | #161 | 5 | 1 in 745 |
| Ohio | #162 | 71 | 1 in 967 |
| Missouri | #167 | 34 | 1 in 931 |
| Massachusetts | #169 | 39 | 1 in 954 |
| Kansas | #170 | 16 | 1 in 895 |
| Minnesota | #176 | 26 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Oregon | #179 | 16 | 1 in 981 |
| Wisconsin | #181 | 26 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Connecticut | #182 | 17 | 1 in 1,103 |
| Iowa | #183 | 16 | 1 in 978 |
| Indiana | #185 | 30 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Kentucky | #187 | 19 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Michigan | #188 | 51 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Maryland | #197 | 21 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Georgia | #201 | 33 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Illinois | #203 | 60 | 1 in 1,228 |
| New Hampshire | #218 | 5 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Tennessee | #228 | 20 | 1 in 1,447 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| North Carolina | #261 | 23 | 1 in 1,667 |
| Alabama | #272 | 13 | 1 in 1,663 |
| South Carolina | #310 | 10 | 1 in 1,874 |
| Mississippi | #318 | 8 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Desiree
- 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)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1983 at #94 (2,915 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1983
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1954–2017
- Highest: 1 in 573 girls born in 1983 were named Desiree (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,644 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 786 of them was named Desiree, which outranked 99.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 191,428 of them was named Desiree, which outranked 47.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,162Zenon11
- #4,162Zephaniah11
- #4,162Zvi11
- #4,450Desiree10
- #4,450Abigail10
- #4,450Adem10
- #4,450Adham10
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
Tied with 335 names at #4,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.