# Desiree (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/desiree/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,761 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 198 / 83,563 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 278, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 485 | 594 |
| 2012 | 470 | 609 |
| 2013 | 453 | 618 |
| 2014 | 401 | 703 |
| 2015 | 349 | 806 |
| 2016 | 285 | 953 |
| 2017 | 273 | 965 |
| 2018 | 256 | 1,015 |
| 2019 | 242 | 1,057 |
| 2020 | 234 | 1,061 |
| 2021 | 232 | 1,080 |
| 2022 | 227 | 1,101 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,209 |
| 2024 | 213 | 1,137 |
| 2025 | 151 | 1,429 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 10 | 4,018 |
| 1983 | 10 | 3,943 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,288 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,292 |
| 1986 | 12 | 3,699 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,653 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,526 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,280 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,090 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,696 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,513 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,210 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,360 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,808 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,318 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Desiree

- Desiree Scott, Canadian soccer player
- Desiree van Lunteren, association football player
- Desirèe Henry, British sprinter
- Desiree Akhavan, American filmmaker and screenwriter
- Desireé Cousteau, American pornographic actress
- Desirée Gay, French feminist, editor
- Desiree Linden, American marathon runner
- Desiree West, American pornographic actress
- Desiree Gould, American actress (1945-2021)
- Lucille Ball, American actress (1911–1989)
- Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Danish princess (1935-2018)
- Lucie Arnaz, American actress

## 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.