Desiderio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-see-DEH-ryoh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Desiderio is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “desired, longed for”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Desiderio mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Desiderius
“desired, longed for”
From Latin Desiderius 'longed for'; Desiderius was the last king of the Lombards, defeated by Charlemagne in 774.
Is Desiderio a girl's or a boy's name?
Desiderio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Desiderio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Desiderio, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had the most boys named Desiderio of any year since it first appeared, in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Desiderio in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Desiderio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Desiderio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/desiderio, updated 20 October 2026.