Names of the Week
*
*
Quote of the Week
""  More

Desiree Name Popularity

    

Charts | Table | About | By Year

How popular is Desiree?

In 2018 the uncommon name Desiree, ranked the 1,018th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Desiree is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #95 was reached in 1983 with 2,914 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Desiree in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1937.

Desiree, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1944-1947, 1948-1955, 1974-1978, 1979-1983, and 1986-1990, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2004-2011, and 2012-2016.

Sometimes the name Desiree has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Desiree has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Desiree has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Desiree?

Desiree's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Desiree is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Desiree has fallen out of favor as a given name.

*Mouse over the charts or scroll down to the table for data details.

 
Mouse over or Click for Percentages.
   Desiree (Girl)Desiree (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 253 1,018 < 5 --
2017 272 964 < 5 --
2016 284 954 < 5 --
2015 348 807 < 5 --
2014 400 703 < 5 --
2013 452 618 < 5 --
2012 467 612 < 5 --
2011 485 594 < 5 --
2010 640 472 < 5 --
2009 715 441 < 5 --
2008 850 381 < 5 --
2007 1,021 327 < 5 --
2006 1,102 300 < 5 --
2005 1,161 286 < 5 --
2004 1,394 234 8 8,315
2003 1,505 215 < 5 --
2002 1,550 214 < 5 --
2001 1,721 190 < 5 --
2000 1,790 181 5 10,805
1999 1,820 173 < 5 --
1998 1,999 159 < 5 --
1997 2,185 147 < 5 --
1996 2,277 144 5 9,355
1995 2,400 132 5 9,210
1994 2,546 125 8 6,512
1993 2,444 133 < 5 --
1992 2,760 122 < 5 --
1991 2,486 126 7 6,697
1990 2,575 125 10 5,090
1989 2,348 127 9 5,278
1988 2,266 127 10 4,523
1987 2,251 124 9 4,647
1986 2,006 141 12 3,696
1985 2,305 126 7 5,289
1984 2,230 128 9 4,289
1983 2,914 95 10 3,938
1982 2,096 142 10 4,013
1981 1,606 171 8 4,624
1980 1,790 155 8 4,606
1979 1,635 170 7 4,974
1978 1,809 154 9 3,939
1977 983 252 5 6,080
1976 838 274 < 5 --
1975 753 305 < 5 --
1974 772 306 6 4,768
1973 753 310 5 5,281
1972 784 308 < 5 --
1971 751 338 5 5,100
1970 788 333 5 4,891
1969 771 326 5 4,550
1968 732 321 < 5 --
1967 731 323 < 5 --
1966 799 313 5 4,080
1965 855 310 6 3,631
1964 782 341 < 5 --
1963 817 329 < 5 --
1962 571 403 < 5 --
1961 561 411 < 5 --
1960 530 421 < 5 --
1959 499 427 < 5 --
1958 501 416 < 5 --
1957 492 421 < 5 --
1956 556 373 < 5 --
1955 768 309 < 5 --
1954 98 986 < 5 --
1953 58 1,276 < 5 --
1952 32 1,751 < 5 --
1951 31 1,746 < 5 --
1950 29 1,768 < 5 --
1949 24 1,974 < 5 --
1948 24 1,965 < 5 --
1947 27 1,869 < 5 --
1946 18 2,248 < 5 --
1945 12 2,632 < 5 --
1944 8 3,448 < 5 --
1943 8 3,570 < 5 --
1942 10 3,036 < 5 --
1941 6 4,065 < 5 --
1940 11 2,606 < 5 --
1939 8 3,205 < 5 --
1938 10 2,779 < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- < 5 --
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 6 3,854 < 5 --
1934 7 3,541 < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 5 4,567 < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- < 5 --
1930 6 4,147 < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
1928 7 3,850 < 5 --
1927 11 2,904 < 5 --
1926 < 5 -- < 5 --
1925 12 2,820 < 5 --
1924 6 4,588 < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- < 5 --
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
1921 10 3,218 < 5 --
1920 6 4,517 < 5 --
1919 9 3,271 < 5 --
1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
1915 < 5 -- < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 6 2,262 < 5 --
1910 5 2,504 < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.