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Is Desire a Male or Female Name?

Desire is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Desire globally is 23.4% males and 76.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 77.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is Spain with 98.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Desire in percentages: Globally: 23.4% males, 76.6% females, Spain: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Italy: 3.6% males, 96.4% females, United States: 5.6% males, 94.4% females, Cameroon: 77.5% males, 22.5% females, South Africa: 20.3% males, 79.7% females, Côte d’Ivoire: 52.7% males, 47.3% females, France: 64.3% males, 35.7% females, Nigeria: 34.7% males, 65.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Desire are 25-34 years old, making up 27.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Desire in each age group: 18-24: 5.5%, 25-34: 27.6%, 35-44: 23.4%, 45-54: 18.7%, 55-64: 14.4%, 65+: 10.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Desire is Côte d’Ivoire with 0.1134% of the population. Following is Cameroon and South Africa.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Desire measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Desire year over year: 1956: 0.0025‰, 1957: 0.0049‰, 1958: 0.003‰, 1959: 0.0025‰, 1960: 0.0032‰, 1961: 0.0029‰, 1962: 0.0031‰, 1963: 0.0036‰, 1964: 0.0042‰, 1965: 0.005‰, 1966: 0.0037‰, 1967: 0.0047‰, 1968: 0.0038‰, 1969: 0.0039‰, 1970: 0.0051‰, 1971: 0.0042‰, 1972: 0.0044‰, 1973: 0.005‰, 1974: 0.0041‰, 1975: 0.0052‰, 1976: 0.0049‰, 1977: 0.0056‰, 1978: 0.0062‰, 1979: 0.0049‰, 1980: 0.0061‰, 1981: 0.0054‰, 1982: 0.0061‰, 1983: 0.0055‰, 1984: 0.006‰, 1985: 0.0062‰, 1986: 0.0058‰, 1987: 0.006‰, 1988: 0.0077‰, 1989: 0.0078‰, 1990: 0.009‰, 1991: 0.0088‰, 1992: 0.0081‰, 1993: 0.0075‰, 1994: 0.0068‰, 1995: 0.0043‰, 1996: 0.0031‰, 1997: 0.0023‰, 1998: 0.0018‰, 1999: 0.0007‰, 2000: 0.0016‰

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