How rare is the name Deidre?

12,807 people in the United States have the first name Deidre, about 1 in 23,583. It ranks #2,099 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEIDRE

#2,099

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,807
About
1 in 23,583
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,807 people named Deidre, 59.8% reported their origin as White, 30.5% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deidre peaked in 1963, when 541 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19332025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
541
In 2025*
8 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,684 babies have been given the name since 1933. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Deidre by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #825. The largest share of babies named Deidre, 37.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#7,62033
1940s#1,903573
1950s#1,3581,519
1960s#8254,369
1970s#1,0043,118
1980s#1,1183,084
1990s#1,9431,646
2000s#8,060275
2010s#24,52149
2020s#27,87718
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–6429.5%
Generation X 1965–8037.1%
Millennials 1981–9628.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Deidre is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deidre has been most common in Louisiana (2.3×), Georgia (1.7×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Minnesota (0.31×).

11,599 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 Deidre

#2,097 Colten · 12,819#2,098 Gisela · 12,810#2,100 Rhiannon · 12,801#2,101 Mercy · 12,795

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,674 Deidra · 8,785#41,535 Deidrea · 176#46,524 Deadre · 143#49,660 Dedre · 124

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