Desire
#2,347 most common girls' name of all time · #3,995 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among girls
#2,347
Rank overall
#3,995 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
5,468
Since 2016
1,028
Peak year
2008 #1,439
Best rank
#1,176 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 164/yr
Desire first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | 13 | 95 | #2,245 |
| 2024 | 87 | 13 | 100 | #2,185 |
| 2023 | 92 | 14 | 106 | #2,092 |
| 2022 | 94 | 9 | 103 | #2,054 |
| 2021 | 94 | 10 | 104 | #2,047 |
| 2020 | 90 | 11 | 101 | #2,053 |
| 2019 | 84 | 5 | 89 | #2,201 |
| 2018 | 95 | 7 | 102 | #2,051 |
| 2017 | 104 | 10 | 114 | #1,934 |
| 2016 | 105 | 9 | 114 | #1,912 |
| 2015 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,561 |
| 2014 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,476 |
| 2013 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,102 |
| 2011 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,902 |
| 2010 | 101 | 6 | 107 | #1,979 |
| 2009 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,559 |
| 2008 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,439 |
| 2007 | 126 | 5 | 131 | #1,729 |
| 2006 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,611 |
| 2005 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,576 |
| 2004 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,718 |
| 2003 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,617 |
| 2002 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,436 |
| 2001 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,385 |
| 2000 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,395 |
| 1999 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,263 |
| 1998 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,375 |
| 1997 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,381 |
| 1996 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,415 |
| 1995 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,184 |
| 1994 | 129 | — | 129 | #1,315 |
| 1993 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,260 |
| 1992 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,176 |
| 1991 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,185 |
| 1990 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,375 |
| 1989 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,578 |
| 1988 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,414 |
| 1987 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,295 |
| 1986 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,452 |
| 1985 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,414 |
| 1984 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,543 |
| 1983 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,382 |
| 1982 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,825 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,969 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,168 |
| 1979 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,193 |
| 1978 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,944 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,857 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,741 |
| 1975 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,831 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,748 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,832 |
| 1972 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,770 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,686 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,139 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,668 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,295 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,110 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,040 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,309 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,440 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,387 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,364 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,884 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,338 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,527 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,629 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,357 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,436 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | — |