Desira

dih-ZEYE-er-ruh /dɪˈzaɪɚɹə/
girl 3 syllables fading

Desira is a very rare variant of Desiree that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.

Desira is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2004. Desira was first reported in SSA data in 1942 and peaked in 1992 (15 births).

About the name Desira

Pronunciationdih-ZEYE-er-ruh /dɪˈzaɪɚɹə/
15peak births 1992
1942first in SSA data

Names similar to Desira

How popular is Desira?

Girls named Desira
19421950196019701980199020002004
Girls named Desira per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1942–2004 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2004) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Desira total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
20041010#10,113
200366#14,355
200099#10,113
199955#15,044
199888#10,368
19978—#10,046
19965—#14,098
19957—#10,816
19947—#10,874
199311—#7,644
199215—#6,094
199112—#7,078
199013—#6,568
198910—#7,594
19886—#10,711
19879—#7,529
198610—#6,729
19856—#9,617
19848—#7,572
19829—#7,027
19816—#9,402
19806—#9,381
19799—#6,846
19727—#6,729
19707—#6,512
19665—#6,822
19638—#4,991
19425—#4,779