Desiree — #1131 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Desiree

The Social Security Administration has registered 83,409 babies named Desiree between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desiree currently holds the #1131 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 2,915 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Desiree performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 23,492 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Desiree shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Desiree in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Desiree in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 83,409 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.