Given name & surname
Desiree
“one who is desired”
Desiree is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who is desired.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Desiree through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83,761
- 198 boys · 83,563 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 2,925 babies
- 2025
- 151
- #1,429 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 151 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,429 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,915 in 1983. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 69,937 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.
Desiree’s family of names
Desiree has a related form in Desirae. Desiree has a related form in Desire. Desiree has a related form in Desi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 24
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Desiree
- Desiree ScottCanadian soccer playerborn 1987
- Desiree van Lunterenassociation football playerborn 1992
- Desirèe HenryBritish sprinterborn 1995
- Desiree EllisSouth African Soccer manager and former footballer playerborn 1963
- Desiree AkhavanAmerican filmmaker and screenwriterborn 1984
- Desiree LindenAmerican marathon runnerborn 1983
- Desiree BjerkeNorwegian skeleton racerborn 1971
- PrincessBritish singerborn 1961
- Desiree GouldAmerican actress (1945-2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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