Dezerae
A feminine name of French derivation meaning "the desired one".
Name Census estimates that about 434 living Americans carry the first name Dezerae. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Dezerae today is around 29 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dezerae births was 1992 (24 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dezerae. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
434
~ 1 in 789,757 Americans
Peak year
1992
24 babies that year
Average age
29
years old
2013 SSA rank
#17,257
Tracked since 1979
Census
Dezerae in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 328 people with the first name Dezerae, which placed it at #27,731 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#27,731
National first-name rank
People counted
328
328 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
46.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dezerae
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dezerae is White at 46.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (23.2%) and Black (16.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dezerae described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dezerae at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White46.3% · 152
- Hispanic or Latino23.2% · 76
- Black or African American16.5% · 54
- Two or more races11.3% · 37
- American Indian and Alaska Native2.1% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 2
Popularity
Dezerae: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dezerae from the 1970s through to the 2010s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 182 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dezerae by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dezerae during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dezeraes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Dezerae
The name Dezerae is believed to have its origins in the Hebrew language, derived from the word "dez," which means "gold" or "precious metal." This name was prevalent in ancient Israel and the surrounding regions of the Middle East during biblical times.
One of the earliest recorded references to the name Dezerae can be found in the Book of Ezra, a text from the Hebrew Bible. The name appears in a list of individuals who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile in the 5th century BCE.
Throughout history, the name Dezerae has been associated with several notable figures. In the 1st century CE, Dezerae ben Eleazar was a prominent Jewish scholar and member of the Sanhedrin, the highest rabbinical court in ancient Israel.
During the Byzantine era, Dezerae of Alexandria was a renowned mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics in the 5th century CE.
In the 12th century, Dezerae al-Andalusi was a renowned poet and philosopher from the Iberian Peninsula, known for her works celebrating the beauty of nature and the human experience.
Another prominent figure bearing the name Dezerae was a 16th-century Italian artist and sculptor, Dezerae Fontana, whose intricate marble sculptures adorned many churches and palaces throughout Italy.
In the 18th century, Dezerae Dubois was a French botanist and explorer who accompanied several expeditions to the Americas, contributing to the documentation and classification of numerous plant species.
While the name Dezerae has been less common in recent centuries, it continues to hold a rich cultural and historical significance, evoking a sense of preciousness and rarity that has been carried through the ages.
People
Dezerae + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dezerae as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dezerae: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dezerae?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 434 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dezerae going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 789,757 US residents.
Is Dezerae a common name?
We classify Dezerae as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 448 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dezerae most popular?
The single biggest year for Dezerae was 1992, when 24 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dezerae is about 29 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dezerae in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 328 people with the name Dezerae, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #27,731 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dezerae in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dezerae?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dezerae appears almost entirely female. Of the 326 people counted with this name, 99.7% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dezerae?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dezerae is White at 46.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (23.2%) and Black (16.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dezerae most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Dezerae in the 2020 Census, accounting for 46.3% (152 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dezerae in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dezerae a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dezerae in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dezerae still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dezerae in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dezerae can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Dezerae?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.