Desiree
About Desiree
One of the original French names chosen by midcentury parents for their sophistication and je ne sais quoi, Desiree has since become completely assimilated in the US. It ranked in the Top 1000 from 1954-2017, but has since dropped back out.
"Désirée's Baby" is a short story by Kate Chopin, published in 1893.
Pronounced dez-uh-RAY.
As of October 2026, Desiree ranked #1429 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #94 in 1983.
Editor's take: The name Desiree is a girl's name of French origin meaning "desired, wished".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #704 | 400 | 223.9 |
| 2015 | #806 | 349 | 195.5 |
| 2016 | #953 | 285 | 160.8 |
| 2017 | #965 | 273 | 158.1 |
| 2018 | #1,014 | 256 | 150.5 |
| 2019 | #1,056 | 242 | 144.2 |
| 2020 | #1,061 | 234 | 144.8 |
| 2021 | #1,081 | 231 | 140.8 |
| 2022 | #1,100 | 227 | 138.4 |
| 2023 | #1,211 | 196 | 122.2 |
| 2024 | #1,130 | 213 | 131.5 |
| 2025 | #1,429 | 151 | 93.9 |
World rankings
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Desiree on lists
Famous Desirees
- (Bernardine Eugénie) Désirée Clary
one,time fiancee of Napoleon I; later Queen Desideria of Sweden as wife of Charles XIV John
- Désirée Elisabeth Sibylla
Princess of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld, granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf
- Désirée Margarethe Victoria Louise Sibylla Katharina Maria
Princess of Hohenzollern; daughter of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
- Desiree Hartsock
American reality TV personality ("The Bachelor," and "The Bachelorette"
- Desiree Goyette
American singer and voice actress
- Desiree Akhavan
Iranian,American filmmaker
- Desiree Rose Marie Scott
Canadian soccer player
- Desireé Apolonio Bassett
American guitarist
- Desireé Cousteau
American adult film actress
- Desiree Nicole Linden
American runner
- Desirée Glapion Rogers
former White House Social Secretary
- Desiree Garcia Taron
daughter of Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao
- Lucille Desiree Ball
American comedienne
Desiree in pop culture
- Desiree Armfeldt
character in musical "A Little Night Music"
- Desiree
character on TV's "Danny Phantom"
- Desiree Stone
character in the game "Hollywood U"
- Desiree
character from TV show "Dead Like Me"
- "Desiree
" 1954 movie about Desiree Clary
- Desiree Dupree
character from 'American Horror Story: Freakshow"
- Desiree DeLite
character in Ace Attorney
- Desiree DeVere
character in TV show "Little Britain"
- "Desiree
" song by Rick Vito and Stevie Nicks
- Désirée from “ Désirée's Baby
” a short story by Kate Chopin