How rare is the name Deidra?

8,785 people in the United States have the first name Deidra, about 1 in 34,380. It ranks #2,674 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEIDRA

#2,674

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,785
About
1 in 34,380
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,785 people named Deidra, 49% reported their origin as White, 39.6% as Black and 5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deidra peaked in 1980, when 340 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19412020
Peak year
1980
Births that year
340
In 2020
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,287 babies have been given the name since 1941. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Deidra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,116. The largest share of babies named Deidra, 36%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#2,678306
1950s#2,175599
1960s#1,1162,483
1970s#1,2682,129
1980s#1,2012,699
1990s#1,9711,615
2000s#6,769355
2010s#17,19096
2020s#39,3255
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–6420.2%
Generation X 1965–8035.8%
Millennials 1981–9636%
Generation Z 1997–126.5%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deidra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deidra has been most common in Louisiana (3.5×), Alabama (2.6×), and Georgia (2.5×), and least common in Washington (0.28×).

7,328 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Deidra

#2,672 Izaiah · 8,798#2,673 Evelynn · 8,790#2,675 Cason · 8,783#2,676 Yessenia · 8,776

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deidra, most common first.

#2,099 Deidre · 12,807#4,160 Dedra · 4,614#7,920 Deedra · 1,866#12,747 Deadra · 967#13,992 Deitra · 851#41,535 Deidrea · 176

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