Dezarae vs Deziree
American parents have registered 1,457 Dezirees since 1880, against 1,421 Dezaraes. Deziree is still ahead, with 9 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dezarae Deziree
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 50 years in which either name was published, Dezarae for 25 years and Deziree for 25 years. The lead changed hands 19 times.
- 1974–1992 Dezarae ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1995–1999 Deziree ahead
- 2002–2004 Dezarae ahead
- 2008–2010 Deziree ahead
- 2014–2016 Dezarae ahead
- 2017–2025 Deziree ahead
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Dezarae | Deziree | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,421 | 1,457 |
| Most in one year | 71 | 65 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 1,400 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 27 | 24 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 2001 |
| Best rank | 2,213th girls | 2,411th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1974 | 1978 |
| Girls / boys | 1,421 / 0 | 1,457 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dezaraes alive today are over 27; half the Dezirees are over 24. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Dezarae Texas (7.7×), Ohio (2.4×), California (2.0×)
- Deziree California (5.0×), Texas (4.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dezarae and Deziree.