Name meaning & stats
Desire
Desire means “desired” (French origin). 5,448 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“desired”
FrenchSpelling of Desiree
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
5,448 US babies were named Desire between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Desire (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 17 Desirees spell it Desire
- Desiree 88%
- Desire 6%
- Deziree 2%
- Deseree 1%
- Dezire 1%
- Desaree 1%
- Desree <1%
- Desere <1%
- Dezyre <1%
- Dezaree <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)