Is Dezire a boy or girl name?

Dezire is a girl’s name. Of the 990 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 97.2% were girls and 2.8% were boys.

Dezire

Recorded 1989–2025 · United States

Dezire was most popular in 2011, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,408 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,632, with 39 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 990 people named Dezire.

Dezire over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dezire’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dezire a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dezire is a girl’s name — 97.2% of the 990 Americans given it were girls and 2.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 91% girls and 9% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org