Deidre
Deidre is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 413th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1963541 births
- Best rank
- #413in 1963
- Since 1933
- 14,666people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,666 girls have been named Deidre in the United States since 1933, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 541 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 541 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1960s alone account for 30%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Deidre | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 33 | |
| 1940s | 573 | |
| 1950s | 1,519 | |
| 1960s | 4,364 | |
| 1970s | 3,119 | |
| 1980s | 3,078 | |
| 1990s | 1,646 | |
| 2000s | 275 | |
| 2010s | 49 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
In 1963, its biggest year
Deidre was the 413th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.
Names that rose and fell with Deidre
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Diedrapeak 1961
- Deedrapeak 1970
- Jonnapeak 1963
- Deirdrapeak 1961
- Diedrepeak 1964
- Leannepeak 1969
- Robynpeak 1964
- Deidrapeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.