Girls' name · since 1996
Dezirea
68 babies named Dezirea in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dezirea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 68 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dezirea has been recorded 68 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2012.
- #31,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dezirea ranks #31,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dezirea's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dezirea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dezirea's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dezirea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2012
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Dezirea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Dezirea's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Dezirea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Dezirea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dezirea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1996–2012 (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 Dezirea 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.