Name meaning & stats
Desiree
Desiree means “desired” (French origin). 83,647 US babies since 1940, peak 1983.
What it means
“desired”
FrenchWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1983
83,647 US babies were named Desiree between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Desiree (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
- 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 1983)