Deidre
Deidre is a feminine given name and variant of the given name Deirdre, derived from Deirdre, a tragic heroine in Irish mythology.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Deidre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deidre is a feminine given name and variant of the given name Deirdre, derived from Deirdre, a tragic heroine in Irish mythology.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Deidre
Deidre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1933, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1963: 541 births, good for #413 nationwide. About 30% of every Deidre on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Deidre last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deidre
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About the name Deidre
Deidre is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Deidre's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #413. Use the chart and map above to compare Deidre'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 .
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