Dessire — #15797 US girls' name
92 babies named Dessire in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Dessire was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Dessire in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dessire
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Dessire between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dessire currently holds the #15797 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dessire performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dessire shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dessire 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 92 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.
Dessire at a glance
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Current rank
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Dessire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2001)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #15797 among girls.
92 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 10 births in a single year.
Dessire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 49 births that decade — 53% of Dessire's all-time total
Dessire decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dessire's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–2024 (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.