The rare name Desree saw its highest usage in 1995:
- 1997: 16 baby girls named Desree
- 1996: 22 baby girls named Desree
- 1995: 54 baby girls named Desree
- 1994: 8 baby girls named Desree
- 1993: 5 baby girls named Desree
Why?
Because of mononymous English singer/songwriter Des’ree (pronounced dez-ray), whose stage name is a shortened form of her legal first name, Desirée.
Her most successful single, the uplifting “You Gotta Be” (1994), spent a total of 44 weeks on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, peaking at #5 in March of 1995.
The song’s music video aired frequently on VH1 during the mid-1990s. It was even spoofed on Saturday Night Live in January of 1995.
Des’ree also contributed the memorable ballad called “Kissing You” to the soundtrack of the 1996 movie William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (which kicked off the baby name Quindon, incidentally).
What are your thoughts on the name Des’ree?
Sources:
- Des’ree – Billboard
- Des’ree – Wikipedia
- “Des’Ree.” NPR 25 Feb. 1995.
- Borzillo, Carrie. “Des’ree Is Movin’ On All Fronts.” Billboard 28 Jan. 1995: 12, 95.
- SSA