How rare is the name Desiree?

69,937 people in the United States have the first name Desiree, about 1 in 4,319. It ranks #728 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DESIREE

#728

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
69,937
About
1 in 4,319
This common or more
65.1%
Who bears it

Of the 69,937 people named Desiree, 41.5% reported their origin as White, 30.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Desiree peaked in 1983, when 2,925 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
2,925
In 2025*
151 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 83,761 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.

Desiree by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #275. The largest share of babies named Desiree, 44.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#8,23820
1920s#7,39252
1930s#7,00142
1940s#4,026148
1950s#9383,063
1960s#6297,167
1970s#4899,907
1980s#27521,901
1990s#28923,527
2000s#51712,825
2010s#1,3783,855
2020s#2,1741,254
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–647.7%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9644.9%
Generation Z 1997–1224.4%
2013 and later4.2%

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 Desiree is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Desiree has been most common in New Mexico (3.1×), Hawaii (2.6×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.33×).

80,757 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.

Either side of Desiree

#726 Misty · 70,424#727 Trinity · 70,213#729 Sheryl · 69,911#730 Allan · 69,671

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,462 Desirae · 10,017#3,823 Desire · 5,162#9,391 Desirea · 1,481#9,564 Dezirae · 1,444#9,870 Desarae · 1,380#9,874 Desiray · 1,379#11,351 Deseree · 1,134#11,472 Deserae · 1,115

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