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Baby name
Desire
Girl
Origin of the name
Désiré comes from the French désiré, “desired,” like Desiree.
Classic name
5,336births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 1437rank at its peak, in 2008
Where babies named Desire are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Desire is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Desire is most common in New York (2.4 times), Illinois (2) and Florida (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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