Deidra
Deidra is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 548th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1980340 births
- Best rank
- #548in 1980
- Since 1941
- 10,287people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,287 girls have been named Deidra in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 340 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 340 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1980s alone account for 26%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Deidra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 306 | |
| 1950s | 599 | |
| 1960s | 2,483 | |
| 1970s | 2,129 | |
| 1980s | 2,699 | |
| 1990s | 1,615 | |
| 2000s | 355 | |
| 2010s | 96 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Deidra was the 548th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Deidra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shereenpeak 1984
- Leeannepeak 1970
- Deidrepeak 1963
- Alicapeak 1984
- Kellipeak 1970
- Kelliepeak 1969
- Brigettepeak 1968
- Jeanapeak 1970
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.