Desiree

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Desiree: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Desiree: Recorded since 1965, it reached #331 in 2003, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1958
1998	#1211
1999	#1805
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#2301
2003	#1472
2004	#1535
2005	#1796
2006	#2137
2007	#1656
2008	#3005
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#2432
2012	#2717
2013	#2176
2014	#2659
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#2163
2021	#2341
2022	#3533
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 29 of the 48 years from 1965 to 2012.

In 2012: #571 among girls in Norway, #2717 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #532 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Desiree appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 198 births with the name.

Desiree across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Desiree's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#532 (1965)	#369 (1985)	#571 (2012)	29 of 48	198 (1965–2012)	12 (1985)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#449 (1973)	#428 (1978)	#893 (2009)	5 of 37	18 (1973–2009)	5 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1211 (1998)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	269 (1996–2024)	16 (1998)

Desiree by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Desiree in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	106	10 of 10	11
2010s	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Desiree appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #331 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Desiree's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#571	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#441	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#456	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#423	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#496	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#477	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#401	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#596	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#443	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#389	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#422	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#407	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#369	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#582	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#471	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#485	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#503	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#568	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#532	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #331, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Desire · #1977, 22y
Desmond · #43, 68y
Destinee · #1660, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Halima · #303, 56y
Juliana · #366, 48y
Joao · #370, 54y
Laurie · #291, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Beverly · #331, 31y
Gretta · #331, 19y
Roseann · #329, 28y
Andris · #328, 25y

Desiree was ranked #331 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Desiree and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Desiree without appearing here.

Desiree moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3005 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2148 and #4564.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1958 and #3824.

Moved ahead of Desiree

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Desiree

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Desiree

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Desiree went from #2350 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #331 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Desiree

Desiree at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Desiree across 3 official records

Desiree by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Desiree appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Desiree at a glance

Desiree across 3 official records

Desiree by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Desiree appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Desiree

Desiree and the names beside it

Desiree moved ahead of

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