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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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2011#9,15012—
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—
1997#1,562103—
1996#1,61595—
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1988#695276—
1987#546367#6,0896
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1969#472415#4,4045
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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 1988

  • 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: #760 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,700 girlsILWisconsin: #464 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,094 girlsWIMichigan: #573 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,221 girlsMINew York: #695 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,703 girlsNYMassachusetts: #361 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,659 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedRIOregon: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,138 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedINOhio: #510 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,575 girlsOHPennsylvania: #648 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsPANew Jersey: #786 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,548 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #973 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 9,138 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedUTColorado: #444 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,981 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedNEMissouri: #526 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,524 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedWVVirginia: #649 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,980 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: #254 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,165 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedARTennessee: #378 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,630 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,477 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,748 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #712 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,263 girlsLAMississippi: #278 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsMSAlabama: #374 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,402 girlsALGeorgia: #493 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,647 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Deidre, so not publishedHITexas: #1,139 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 11,663 girlsTXFlorida: #756 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,629 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#254 · 1 in 1,165
  2. Mississippi#278 · 1 in 1,496
  3. Massachusetts#361 · 1 in 2,659
  4. Alabama#374 · 1 in 2,402
  5. Tennessee#378 · 1 in 2,630

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#25481 in 1,165
Mississippi#27891 in 1,496
Massachusetts#361141 in 2,659
Alabama#37491 in 2,402
Tennessee#378111 in 2,630
Colorado#44471 in 2,981
Wisconsin#46471 in 4,094
Oregon#48651 in 3,138
Georgia#493111 in 3,647
Ohio#510151 in 4,575
Missouri#52671 in 4,524
South Carolina#52751 in 3,748
Michigan#573111 in 5,221
North Carolina#61671 in 5,477
Pennsylvania#648111 in 6,356
Virginia#64961 in 5,980
New York#695201 in 5,703
Louisiana#71251 in 5,263
Florida#756111 in 6,629
Illinois#760111 in 6,700
New Jersey#78661 in 7,548
California#973251 in 9,138
Texas#1,139111 in 11,663
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1988

girls
#695
276 births · 1 in 6,452 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #695Deidre276
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,452 of them was named Deidre, which outranked 95.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deidre
  1. #692Daphne277
  2. #692Lynette277
  3. #692Nicolette277
  4. #695Deidre276
  5. #695Kimberlee276
  6. #697Allie275
  7. #697Krystina275
  8. #697Mariana275

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

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →