Deirdre
Deirdre is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. Its best rank was 333rd, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961799 births
- Best rank
- #333in 1961
- Since 1921
- 16,831people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,831 girls have been named Deirdre in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 799 births.
The name has all but left use: 10 births in 2024, against 799 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 38%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Deirdre | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 48 | |
| 1930s | 167 | |
| 1940s | 822 | |
| 1950s | 2,274 | |
| 1960s | 6,321 | |
| 1970s | 3,123 | |
| 1980s | 2,049 | |
| 1990s | 1,205 | |
| 2000s | 544 | |
| 2010s | 206 | |
| 2020s | 72 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Deirdre was the 333rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Deirdre
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janinepeak 1960
- Dierdrepeak 1961
- Deadrapeak 1962
- Carlapeak 1962
- Jeanmariepeak 1963
- Reneepeak 1962
- Terisapeak 1968
- Julipeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.