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Desirea

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Desirea is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
199081 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1964
1,875people given the name
Babies named Desirea, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,875 girls have been named Desirea in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 81 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 81 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Desirea
1960s26
1970s127
1980s517
1990s696
2000s413
2010s96

In 1990, its biggest year

Desirea was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Desirea

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.