Desiree Girl
How popular is Desiree?
#1,427 girl name in 2025
151 baby girls were named Desiree in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
Desiree popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,427 for girls (▼ 292 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 151 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #805 in 2015, #1,059 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1983 (2,915 girls) |
| Highest rank | #94 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1910 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Desiree counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Desiree family of names ranked #1,164 for girls in 2025 (#973 the year before), with 160 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Desiree | 151 | 94% |
| Deziree | 9 | 6% |
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 Desiree is most popular
Babies named Desiree per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (200 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (154 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Desiree by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,191 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,777 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,729 |
| 1940s | 148 | #1,862 |
| 1950s | 3,063 | #309 |
| 1960s | 7,151 | #310 |
| 1970s | 9,865 | #154 |
| 1980s | 21,809 | #94 |
| 1990s | 23,492 | #122 |
| 2000s | 12,812 | #181 |
| 2010s | 3,855 | #472 |
| 2020s | 1,254 | #1,059 |
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Questions
- Is Desiree a boy or girl name?
- Desiree is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Desiree were girls.
- How popular is the name Desiree?
- 151 baby girls were named Desiree in the US in 2025, making it the 1427th most popular girl name.
- When was Desiree most popular?
- Desiree peaked in 1983, when 2,915 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #94 in 1983.
- How many people are named Desiree?
- 83,761 babies have been named Desiree in the US since 1880. We estimate about 80,735 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Desiree most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Desiree was most common in California, 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.