Girls' name · since 1978
Desirree
27 babies named Desirree in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Desirree sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 1978.
Desirree has 27 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 1992.
- #42,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Desirree ranks #42,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #42,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Desirree's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Desirree's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Desirree's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Desirree popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1992
- Peak year (1978)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Desirree by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Desirree's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Desirree births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Desirree's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Desirree: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1978–1992 (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 Desirree 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.