Girls' name · since 1969
Desere
Desere has 193 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Desere sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 193 recorded since 1969.
Desere has 193 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2003.
- #20,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 193 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desere ranks #20,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 193
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Desere's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Desere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Desere's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Desere popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2003
- Peak year (1990)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2003.
193 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 15 births in a single year.
Desere by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (68 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Desere's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Desere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 68 births (35% of all-time use).
Desere decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Desere by state
Where Desere concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 193 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Desere's data
- Desere's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2000s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Deseres (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Desere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Desere draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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