Desire
Mostly girls · deh-ZYRE · English
Desire is a name of English origin, meaning “longing, wish”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).
What does Desire mean?
English: English virtue word, also a form of Désirée
“longing, wish”
Desire was also a Puritan virtue name: Desire Minter sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.
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Is Desire a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Desire has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 82 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Desire in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Desire, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Desire in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 73% of the babies named Desire in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Desire in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Desire in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,239among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Desire, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,050th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955. 13 boys were also named Desire in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Desire than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Desire in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86% of the babies named Desire in the US were girls.
Desire in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,239 |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,178 |
| 2023 | 92 | #2,090 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 94 | #2,046 |
| 2020 | 90 | #2,050 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 95 | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,930 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,095 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 145 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,437 |
| 2007 | 126 | #1,726 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,608 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,574 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,713 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,431 |
| 2001 | 137 | #1,383 |
| 2000 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 1999 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,371 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 117 | #1,410 |
| 1995 | 145 | #1,180 |
| 1994 | 129 | #1,309 |
| 1993 | 136 | #1,256 |
| 1992 | 149 | #1,172 |
| 1991 | 147 | #1,180 |
| 1990 | 115 | #1,368 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,570 |
| 1988 | 99 | #1,408 |
| 1987 | 108 | #1,292 |
| 1986 | 88 | #1,447 |
| 1985 | 90 | #1,409 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,535 |
| 1983 | 86 | #1,379 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,822 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Nicknames for Desire
- Dez 7 boys in the US in 2025
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