Desirie — girls' name
133 babies named Desirie in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
133 girls have been named Desirie since 1964, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2003.
- 133
- total births
- 1964–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Desirie was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Desirie in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desirie
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Desirie between 1964 and 2003, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desirie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desirie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Desirie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Desirie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desirie 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 133 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.
Desirie at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desirie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1964
- Peak year (1971)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
133 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 11 births in a single year.
Desirie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 49 births that decade — 37% of Desirie's all-time total
Desirie decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Desirie's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Desirie by state
Where Desirie concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 7.5% |
10 of 133 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.