Deidre

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 541 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,673
since 1933

Deidre over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Deidre has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #413, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#12,2768—
2009#9,97511—
2008#10,08411—
2007#8,09815—
2006#4,95328—
2005#5,99920—
2004#4,49230—
2003#3,80536—
2002#4,07131—
2001#3,04646—
2000#2,97447—
1999#2,13371—
1998#2,39858—
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1996#1,61595—
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1987#546367#6,0896
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First appearance
1933

The first year at least five girls were named Deidre! It came in at #4,218, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Deidre is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedMNIllinois: #538 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,229 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedWIMichigan: #481 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,630 girlsMINew York: #350 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 2,233 girlsNYMassachusetts: #301 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,192 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedIAIndiana: #580 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsINOhio: #369 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,060 girlsOHPennsylvania: #481 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,954 girlsPANew Jersey: #581 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,032 girlsNJConnecticut: #305 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,036 girlsCTCalifornia: #560 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,524 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedUTColorado: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,945 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNEMissouri: #532 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,481 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedWVVirginia: #473 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,708 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedARTennessee: #391 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #412 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,571 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #398 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,197 girlsOKLouisiana: #274 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsLAMississippi: #438 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,007 girlsMSAlabama: #510 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,351 girlsALGeorgia: #269 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,637 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedHITexas: #569 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsTXFlorida: #631 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,035 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#269 · 1 in 1,637
  2. Louisiana#274 · 1 in 1,377
  3. Massachusetts#301 · 1 in 2,192
  4. Connecticut#305 · 1 in 2,036
  5. Colorado#338 · 1 in 1,945

Best ever in a state: #168 in Mississippi, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#269231 in 1,637
Louisiana#274221 in 1,377
Massachusetts#301191 in 2,192
Connecticut#305101 in 2,036
Colorado#33881 in 1,945
New York#350611 in 2,233
Ohio#369271 in 3,060
Tennessee#39191 in 3,240
South Carolina#39871 in 2,901
North Carolina#412111 in 3,571
Oklahoma#43551 in 3,197
Mississippi#43861 in 3,007
Virginia#47371 in 4,708
Michigan#481151 in 4,630
Pennsylvania#481171 in 4,954
Alabama#51061 in 4,351
Missouri#53261 in 5,481
Illinois#538161 in 5,229
California#560341 in 4,524
Texas#569211 in 4,473
Indiana#58061 in 6,632
New Jersey#58181 in 6,032
Florida#63171 in 6,035
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See more about Deidre
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 3,565 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 630 spots in 1945 (#1,609 → #979)
  • Biggest drop: 288 spots in 1993 (#632 → #920)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1933
  • Peaked 1963 at #413 (541 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1945–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,455
  • Highest: 1 in 3,455 girls born in 1970 were named Deidre (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #413 in 1963, was only 1 in 3,563 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 29.7% of all girls named Deidre (4,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s33#3,449 (1934)#4,028
1940s573#714 (1949)#2,053
1950s1,519#650 (1959)#786
1960s4,364#413 (1963)#464
1970s3,118#437 (1970)#567
1980s3,078#546 (1987)#623
1990s1,646#632 (1992)#1,343
2000s275#2,974 (2000)#5,750
2010s49#9,150 (2011)#13,722
2020s18#10,917 (2025)#13,787

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Deidre in 1968

girls
#481
399 births · 1 in 4,111 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #481Deidre399
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,111 of them was named Deidre, which outranked 94.1% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deidre
  1. #478Trudy404
  2. #479Ida401
  3. #480Thelma400
  4. #481Deidre399
  5. #481Joni399
  6. #481Nikki399
  7. #484Bertha396
  8. #484Shelli396
  9. #486Nichelle395

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →