Desire
Rank in 2025
#2239
recorded as girls
Down 61 since 2024
#6446
recorded as boys
Up 23 since 2024
Babies in 2025
95
girls 82 · boys 13
Peak year
2008
164 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
5,468
since 1915
Born a Desire? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Desire was most popular in 2008, when 164 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 82 babies were named Desire, ranking #2239 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 2239 | 13 | 6446 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2178 | 13 | 6469 |
| 2023 | 92 | 2090 | 14 | 6220 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2048 | 9 | 8300 |
| 2021 | 94 | 2046 | 10 | 7587 |
| 2020 | 90 | 2050 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2193 | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | 95 | 2048 | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1930 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1908 | 9 | 8146 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2555 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 73 | 2469 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 86 | 2173 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 91 | 2095 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 105 | 1898 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 101 | 1978 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 145 | 1556 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 164 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 126 | 1726 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 133 | 1608 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 129 | 1574 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 113 | 1714 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 119 | 1612 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 133 | 1432 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 137 | 1384 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 133 | 1395 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 147 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 125 | 1373 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 124 | 1377 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 117 | 1412 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 145 | 1183 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 129 | 1312 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 136 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 149 | 1174 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 147 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 115 | 1372 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 89 | 1574 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 99 | 1409 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 108 | 1293 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 88 | 1447 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 90 | 1410 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 74 | 1535 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 86 | 1379 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 59 | 1822 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | 1958 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 47 | 2154 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 45 | 2187 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 50 | 1938 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 28 | 2838 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 28 | 2728 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 26 | 2811 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | 3695 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 16 | 3787 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 25 | 2747 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 17 | 3652 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 21 | 3110 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 15 | 3619 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | 4222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 11 | 3959 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | 4202 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 15 | 3336 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 10 | 4263 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 12 | 3793 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 7 | 5168 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 13 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 12 | 3543 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | 6086 | <5 | — |
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| 1918 | <5 | — | 6 | 3728 |
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| 1915 | <5 | — | 9 | 2621 |
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Where Desire is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years