Fun Facts About the Name Dezire
- 989 babies named Dezire: U.S. records list 989 babies given the name Dezire from 1880 through 2025. Even 28 boys received the name Dezire - about 1 boy for every 34 girls.
What Does the Name Dezire Mean?
Dezire is an English-language spelling variant of Desire, a word name meaning 'desired.' It comes from Latin desiderare ('to long for, desire'), whose past participle desideratus means 'desired.' The Latin noun desiderium means 'longing' or 'desire.' The deeper origin of desiderare is uncertain; it is not a transparent compound in Latin. The French feminine name Désirée comes from the same root, but Dezire is English, not French: French uses s and accents, while the z here reflects the voiced z sound in the English word desire.
Dezire Name History & Origins
The name traces to the Latin verb desiderare, 'to long for, desire,' which gave the noun desiderium and the past participle desideratus. In medieval France, desideratus became Old French desiré, used as a masculine given name, with the feminine form Désirée. These French names were used in France and other Catholic regions of Europe, and they passed into English in forms such as Desire and Desiree.
English speakers have used Desire as a given name since at least the 17th century, when word names were favored by some Protestant families. A documented early example is Desire Howland (1625 - 1683), daughter of Mayflower passengers John and Elizabeth Howland. The spelling Dezire is a later, English-language alteration. It drops the accent and final -e of Désirée and replaces s with z to match the pronunciation of the English word desire. It is not a traditional French form. The French name Désirée became familiar in the English-speaking world partly through Désirée Clary (1777 - 1860), Napoleon's former fiancée and later Queen of Sweden and Norway. The novel Désirée (1951) by Annemarie Selinko is a later literary use, not the origin of the name.
How Popular is the Name Dezire?
Dezire has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #3,144 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,582 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #5,649 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,158 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #5,203 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #5,440 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #4,287 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #4,467 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,869 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2017 | #5,218 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #3,869 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #5,879 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,060 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,796 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #3,868 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #3,144 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #4,125 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2009 | #3,204 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2008 | #4,109 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #3,345 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2006 | #3,811 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2005 | #3,469 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #5,419 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,278 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #6,215 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #3,968 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #4,097 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1999 | #4,349 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #6,814 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #5,274 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #6,484 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #8,967 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #12,205 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #12,192 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,248 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #11,909 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #12,921 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,426 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #12,737 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #9,990 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #10,068 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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