← Back to The Name Registry
Girl

Desiree

Desiree is a girl's name meaning "desired, longed for". It has cooled since its 1990s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

FrenchFrench, from Latin "desideratus"
EtymologyMeaning "desired, longed for"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
20
1920s
52
1930s
42
1940s
148
1950s
3,065
1960s
7,165
1970s
9,906
1980s
21,905
1990s
23,527
2000s
12,820
2010s
3,344
Peaked in the 1990s · 81,994 total U.S. births since 1900