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Desirea

Girl · dez-uh-RAY · Latin

Desirea is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “desired”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Desirea mean?

Latin: variant of Desiree, French for 'desired', from Latin desideratus

“desired”

A variant of Desiree, the French word for desired, from Latin desideratus.

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Is Desirea a girl's or a boy's name?

Desirea is a girls' name.

How popular is Desirea in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.

Half of all the girls named Desirea in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1964Busiest: 81 in 19902017
Desirea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20175#15,898
20165#16,210
20158#11,830
20149#10,949
20139#10,995
201211#9,706
201126#5,205
201023#5,769
200922#6,088
200829#5,011
200736#4,212
200623#5,708
200541#3,583
200447#3,220
200341#3,468
200253#2,815
200156#2,659
200065#2,370
199961#2,402
199860#2,335
199768#2,067
199662#2,174
199559#2,239
199476#1,857
199381#1,797
199267#2,028
199181#1,760
199081#1,777
198973#1,814
198862#1,948
198754#2,043
198644#2,299
198568#1,690
198442#2,298
198352#1,960
198240#2,414
198136#2,563
198046#2,189
197940#2,343
197828#2,859
197712#5,212
19767#7,294
19758#6,482
19748#6,257
197312#4,585
19720–
19710–
197012#4,491
19697#5,972
19687#5,641
19670–
19660–
19657#5,288
19645#6,766

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