Given name
Desarae
“one who is desired”
Desarae is a variant of Desiree. One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Desarae is a variant of Desiree. One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Desarae is a variant of Desiree. An origin associated with Desiree is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Desarae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,799
- 0 boys · 1,799 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 79 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,506 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,506 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,380 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Desarae’s family of names
Desarae has a related form in Desiree.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.