NameTides

Desire

Desire was the #2,239 girls' name in the US in 2025 (82 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Desire as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Desire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Desire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,239 (82)#3,035 (8)#3,478 (5)
2024#2,178 (87)#3,016 (8)—
2023#2,090 (92)#2,689 (9)#2,604 (7)
2022#2,048 (94)#3,149 (7)—
2021#2,046 (94)#2,942 (8)—
2020#2,050 (90)#4,535 (4)—
2019#2,193 (84)#3,151 (7)—
2018#2,048 (95)#1,977 (14)—
2017#1,930 (104)#4,063 (5)—
2016#1,908 (105)#3,214 (7)—
2015#2,555 (70)#3,615 (6)—
2014#2,469 (73)#4,684 (4)—
2013#2,173 (86)#2,460 (10)—
2012#2,095 (91)#4,838 (4)—
2011#1,898 (105)#3,549 (6)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #1,437.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.
  • In 2025, 86% of US babies named Desire were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Desire is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Desire by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Desire (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DesireCanadaGirls#3,4785
DesireEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
DesireEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DesireUSGirls#2,23982
DesireUSBoys#6,44613