How Many People Are Named Desire?
people named Desire are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,980 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,468 babies named Desire in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
164 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Masculine form of DÉSIRÉE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Desire, 97.9% were girls and 2.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Desire fell from 100% in the 1960s to 88.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Desire alive today is about 24 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Desire first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2008, to 164 babies. In 2025, 95 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Desire has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,174, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #2,244.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,244 |
| Best rank | #1,174 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,306 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Desire alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Desire were born in California than in any other state: about 689 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Desire was given 2.5 times as often in New York, 2 times in Illinois and 1.7 times in California.
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