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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Deirdra

Deirdra was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 1501st with 56 babies. More babies were named Deirdra in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
196156 babies
Total since 1880
1,172babies recorded

Deirdra popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#12,1207
1990#4,91019
1980#3,74321
1970#2,46130
1960#1,65846
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Deirdra, counting every spelling?

Deirdra has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Deirdra?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Deirdra are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 43 and 62. That makes Deirdra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Deirdra by state

How common Deirdra was among girls born in each state in 1959–1963, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Deirdra, girls, 1959–1963. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Deirdra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deirdra, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Deirdra

How popular is the name Deirdra?

Deirdra was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 1501st with 56 babies. More babies were named Deirdra in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Deirdra a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,172 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Deirdra most popular?

In 1959–1963, Deirdra was most common in Illinois (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Ohio.