Deirdre
Girl · Irish
Deirdre is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Deirdre mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish.
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Is Deirdre a girl's or a boy's name?
Deirdre is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Deirdre in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Deirdre, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 799 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Deirdre in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Deirdre in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,012 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,489 |
| 1995 | 114 | #1,423 |
| 1994 | 112 | #1,422 |
| 1993 | 140 | #1,235 |
| 1992 | 134 | #1,271 |
| 1991 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1990 | 186 | #988 |
| 1989 | 175 | #983 |
| 1988 | 177 | #949 |
| 1987 | 212 | #822 |
| 1986 | 188 | #879 |
| 1985 | 191 | #848 |
| 1984 | 183 | #841 |
| 1983 | 206 | #774 |
| 1982 | 265 | #669 |
| 1981 | 211 | #773 |
| 1980 | 241 | #705 |
| 1979 | 208 | #771 |
| 1978 | 207 | #749 |
| 1977 | 229 | #684 |
| 1976 | 268 | #598 |
| 1975 | 258 | #612 |
| 1974 | 303 | #553 |
| 1973 | 319 | #526 |
| 1972 | 354 | #499 |
| 1971 | 454 | #452 |
| 1970 | 523 | #424 |
| 1969 | 631 | #369 |
| 1968 | 563 | #386 |
| 1967 | 508 | #411 |
| 1966 | 562 | #383 |
| 1965 | 544 | #399 |
| 1964 | 723 | #351 |
| 1963 | 678 | #371 |
| 1962 | 747 | #347 |
| 1961 | 799 | #333 |
| 1960 | 566 | #402 |
| 1959 | 378 | #501 |
| 1958 | 271 | #603 |
| 1957 | 300 | #551 |
| 1956 | 275 | #566 |
| 1955 | 207 | #645 |
| 1954 | 186 | #688 |
| 1953 | 181 | #665 |
| 1952 | 194 | #635 |
| 1951 | 137 | #748 |
| 1950 | 145 | #709 |
| 1949 | 129 | #756 |
| 1948 | 142 | #699 |
| 1947 | 150 | #687 |
| 1946 | 121 | #741 |
| 1945 | 78 | #850 |
| 1944 | 67 | #945 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,555 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,325 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,243 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
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