Deidra
Deidra is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Deidra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deidra is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Deidra
American parents first put Deidra on the record books as a baby girl name in 1941, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 340 Deidras were born — ranking #547 that year. About 26% of every Deidra on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Deidra last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deidra
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About the name Deidra
Deidra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Deidra's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #547. Use the chart and map above to compare Deidra's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.