Feminine dossier · first seen 1955

Desire

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Desire
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

164

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1955Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

47.6%

2024

All-time

5,253

Desire has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 164 girls were named Desire.

In 2024, only 86 girls were given the name.

Down 47.6% from its peak.

All told, about 5,253 Americans have been named Desire and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1955.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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