Desire Girl
How popular is Desire?
#2,239 girl name in 2025
82 baby girls were named Desire in the US in 2025, making it the 2239th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
Desire popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,239 for girls (▼ 61 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 82 girls, 13 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,555 in 2015, #2,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (164 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,172 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 10% boys, 90% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Desire counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Desire family of names ranked #1,353 for girls in 2025 (#1,382 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Desire | 82 | 65% |
| Dezire | 30 | 24% |
| Dezyre | 9 | 7% |
| Desyre | 5 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Desire is most popular
Babies named Desire per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Desire by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36 | #3,435 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,335 |
| 1970s | 273 | #1,938 |
| 1980s | 794 | #1,292 |
| 1990s | 1,334 | #1,172 |
| 2000s | 1,332 | #1,383 |
| 2010s | 914 | #1,898 |
| 2020s | 539 | #2,046 |
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Questions
- Is Desire a boy or girl name?
- Desire is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 90% of babies named Desire were girls.
- How popular is the name Desire?
- 82 baby girls were named Desire in the US in 2025, making it the 2239th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
- When was Desire most popular?
- Desire peaked in 2008, when 164 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,172 in 1992.
- How many people are named Desire?
- 5,468 babies have been named Desire in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,354 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Desire most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Desire was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.