Deidre
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DEE-dra
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Deidre is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Deidre mean?
Irish: variant of Deirdre
W. B. Yeats and J. M. Synge both wrote plays about Deirdre, the tragic heroine of Irish legend.
Is Deidre a girl's or a boy's name?
Deidre is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deidre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Deidre, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1963, with 541 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
2025 had more girls named Deidre than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Deidre in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deidre in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 71 | #2,130 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,560 |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 131 | #1,276 |
| 1994 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 207 | #919 |
| 1992 | 357 | #632 |
| 1991 | 283 | #734 |
| 1990 | 193 | #966 |
| 1989 | 214 | #860 |
| 1988 | 276 | #695 |
| 1987 | 367 | #546 |
| 1986 | 366 | #554 |
| 1985 | 343 | #570 |
| 1984 | 320 | #575 |
| 1983 | 307 | #582 |
| 1982 | 285 | #630 |
| 1981 | 277 | #640 |
| 1980 | 323 | #575 |
| 1979 | 316 | #575 |
| 1978 | 282 | #606 |
| 1977 | 281 | #603 |
| 1976 | 255 | #612 |
| 1975 | 271 | #594 |
| 1974 | 275 | #577 |
| 1973 | 292 | #564 |
| 1972 | 264 | #603 |
| 1971 | 376 | #503 |
| 1970 | 506 | #437 |
| 1969 | 415 | #472 |
| 1968 | 399 | #481 |
| 1967 | 380 | #488 |
| 1966 | 424 | #457 |
| 1965 | 389 | #481 |
| 1964 | 483 | #443 |
| 1963 | 541 | #413 |
| 1962 | 539 | #420 |
| 1961 | 455 | #458 |
| 1960 | 339 | #526 |
| 1959 | 237 | #650 |
| 1958 | 167 | #773 |
| 1957 | 192 | #720 |
| 1956 | 165 | #756 |
| 1955 | 129 | #852 |
| 1954 | 96 | #993 |
| 1953 | 127 | #819 |
| 1952 | 118 | #845 |
| 1951 | 138 | #745 |
| 1950 | 150 | #700 |
| 1949 | 141 | #713 |
| 1948 | 130 | #740 |
| 1947 | 108 | #841 |
| 1946 | 78 | #941 |
| 1945 | 62 | #979 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
Nicknames for Deidre
Names like Deidre
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brigitte, Kelly, Danielle, Bridget, Michelle, Denise, Roxanne, Brenna, Casey, Keely, Nicole, Erin
Names related to Deidre
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Kennedy, Callan
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, “Deidre: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/deidre, updated 20 October 2026.