How rare is the name Desire?

5,162 people in the United States have the first name Desire, about 1 in 58,511. It ranks #3,823 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DESIRE

#3,823

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,162
About
1 in 58,511
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,162 people named Desire, 42.2% reported their origin as Black, 27.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 22.8% as White. 93.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Desire peaked in 2008, when 164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
164
In 2025*
95 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,468 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Desire by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,231. The largest share of babies named Desire, 37.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,01415
1920s#13,8275
1950s#9,05536
1960s#6,017114
1970s#4,405273
1980s#2,504794
1990s#2,2311,334
2000s#2,7101,337
2010s#3,669951
2020s#3,529609
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–806.9%
Millennials 1981–9630.8%
Generation Z 1997–1237.2%
2013 and later23%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Desire is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Desire has been most common in Florida (2.6×), California (2.4×), and New York (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.51×).

2,932 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Desire

2 other first names also have 5,162 people.

#3,823 Amberly · 5,162#3,823 Liv · 5,162

Either side of Desire

#3,822 Domonique · 5,165#3,823 Amberly · 5,162#3,823 Liv · 5,162#3,826 Malaya · 5,161

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Desire, most common first.

#728 Desiree · 69,937#2,462 Desirae · 10,017#9,391 Desirea · 1,481#17,761 Dezire · 615#30,390 Desira · 287#31,475 Desere · 272#33,571 Desirey · 246#33,752 Dessire · 244

Also a last name

As a last name, Desire ranks #29,300 of 156,621, with 860 people. See Desire as a last name

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