Desiree

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Désirée, Desiree, Desirée or Desirae is a feminine given name of French origin ultimately derived from the Latin word desiderata, meaning desired. Desideria, an early version of the name and a feminine form of Desiderius, was in use in Europe as early as the 800s.

From Wikipedia

Desiree first appears in the data in 1910 and has been recorded in 100 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1983 with 2,915 babies (rank #94 that year). In 2024 it was given to 213 girls (rank #1,130). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Desiree

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Desiree yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

83,607
Total babies (all years)
100
Years in the data
2,915
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19105#2,504
19116#2,262
19199#3,271
19206#4,517
192110#3,218
19246#4,588
192512#2,820
192711#2,904
19287#3,850
19306#4,149
19325#4,566
19347#3,543
19356#3,855
193810#2,778
19398#3,205
194011#2,607
19416#4,066
194210#3,037
19438#3,571
19448#3,448
194512#2,633
194618#2,248
194727#1,868
194824#1,965
194924#1,974
195029#1,769
195131#1,745
195232#1,751
195358#1,276
195498#986
1955766#309
1956556#373
1957492#422
1958502#416
1959499#427
1960531#421
1961561#411
1962571#403
1963819#328
1964781#341
1965855#310
1966798#314
1967732#323
1968732#321
1969772#325
1970788#333
1971751#339
1972785#308
1973752#310
1974772#306
1975753#305
1976837#275
1977983#252
19781,809#154
19791,634#170
19801,785#156
19811,607#171
19822,097#142
19832,915#94
19842,230#128
19852,304#126
19862,006#141
19872,251#124
19882,266#127
19892,348#127
19902,575#125
19912,486#126
19922,760#122
19932,444#133
19942,546#125
19952,400#132
19962,277#144
19972,185#147
19981,999#159
19991,820#173
20001,790#181
20011,721#191
20021,550#214
20031,505#215
20041,394#234
20051,161#286
20061,103#300
20071,022#327
2008851#380
2009715#441
2010641#472
2011485#594
2012470#608
2013453#618
2014400#704
2015349#806
2016285#953
2017273#965
2018256#1,014
2019242#1,056
2020234#1,061
2021231#1,081
2022227#1,100
2023196#1,211
2024213#1,130