# Désiré (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/desire/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Desire |
| US babies named this | 5,468 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 132 / 5,336 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Désiré.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 105 | 1,900 |
| 2012 | 91 | 2,105 |
| 2013 | 86 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 73 | 2,479 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,564 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,913 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1,933 |
| 2018 | 95 | 2,050 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,206 |
| 2020 | 90 | 2,054 |
| 2021 | 94 | 2,048 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,054 |
| 2023 | 92 | 2,096 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,183 |
| 2025 | 82 | 2,244 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 9 | 2,678 |
| 1918 | 6 | 3,833 |
| 1921 | 5 | 4,506 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,829 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,089 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,309 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,711 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,928 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,627 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,149 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,739 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,478 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,290 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,548 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,546 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Désiré

- Désiré Doué, French footballer (born 2005)
- Désiré Nisard, French author and literary critic (1806-1888)
- Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (1828–1915)
- Désiré Bourgeois, Belgian footballer (1908-1996)
- Désiré Beaurain, fencer (1881-1963)
- Désiré Keteleer, Belgian cyclist (1920–1970)
- Désiré Bastin, Belgian footballer (1900-1971)
- Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer (1882–1968)
- Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, French conductor and composer (1880–1965)
- Désiré Letort, French road bicycle racer (1943–2012)
- Désiré Koranyi, association football player (1914–1981)
- Désiré Defauw, conductor, violinist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.