How popular is the name Desirae?

Desirae ranks 1,023rd among girls' names in US records, with 16,862 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 883.

Is Desirae a unisex name?

No. Desirae is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1993, when 716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Desirea, Desiray, Desiraye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,023 of girl names

Pronounced D EH1 Z IY0 R EY1 (ARPABET)

Desirae is a girls' name, and first appears in 1955. It has been given to 16,862 children — the 1,023rd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 71% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1993, when 716 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Desirea, Desiray and Desiraye — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Desirae and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Desirae?: Desirae ranks 1,023rd among girls' names in US records, with 16,862 births since 1955. Over the past decade it accounts for 883.
Is Desirae a unisex name?: No. Desirae is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Desirae most popular?: 1993, when 716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 70 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Desirae spelled?: Desirea, Desiray, Desiraye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.