Deidra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DEE-dra
- Origin
- Irish
Deidra is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Deidra mean?
Irish: variant of Deirdre
Deirdre is the tragic heroine of Irish legend, often called Deirdre of the Sorrows; the meaning of her name is uncertain.
Is Deidra a girl's or a boy's name?
Deidra is a girls' name.
How popular is Deidra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 340 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Deidra in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deidra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,255 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 1997 | 110 | #1,488 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,356 |
| 1995 | 136 | #1,248 |
| 1994 | 165 | #1,089 |
| 1993 | 207 | #919 |
| 1992 | 244 | #816 |
| 1991 | 234 | #855 |
| 1990 | 234 | #840 |
| 1989 | 231 | #820 |
| 1988 | 252 | #746 |
| 1987 | 270 | #684 |
| 1986 | 271 | #680 |
| 1985 | 273 | #662 |
| 1984 | 237 | #701 |
| 1983 | 264 | #652 |
| 1982 | 257 | #682 |
| 1981 | 304 | #605 |
| 1980 | 340 | #547 |
| 1979 | 206 | #776 |
| 1978 | 221 | #714 |
| 1977 | 216 | #717 |
| 1976 | 187 | #766 |
| 1975 | 169 | #809 |
| 1974 | 192 | #741 |
| 1973 | 209 | #707 |
| 1972 | 223 | #670 |
| 1971 | 234 | #668 |
| 1970 | 272 | #625 |
| 1969 | 241 | #637 |
| 1968 | 238 | #623 |
| 1967 | 244 | #609 |
| 1966 | 248 | #599 |
| 1965 | 247 | #619 |
| 1964 | 281 | #592 |
| 1963 | 282 | #592 |
| 1962 | 261 | #623 |
| 1961 | 254 | #639 |
| 1960 | 187 | #747 |
| 1959 | 101 | #1,058 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 79 | #1,186 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,278 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,274 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 52 | #1,343 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 59 | #1,182 |
| 1948 | 56 | #1,208 |
| 1947 | 63 | #1,126 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,393 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,060 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Nicknames for Deidra
Names like Deidra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brenna Dara Tara Bridget Kelly Brianna Cara Briana Kendra Karla Diana Darla
Names related to Deidra
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Deidra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deidra, updated 20 October 2026.