# Deirdre (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deirdre/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɪɹdɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Didi |
| Variant spellings | Derdriu, Dierdre, Diedre |
| US babies named this | 16,845 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,845 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Deirdre, from Old Irish Derdriu.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 5,989 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,403 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,074 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,516 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,021 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,237 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,404 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,487 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,794 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,008 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,763 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,203 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,484 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,722 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7,989 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Ντέιρντρε
- Irish: Deirdre
- Korean: 데르드러
- Russian: Де́йрдре
- Scottish Gaelic: Deirdre

## People named Deirdre

- Deirdre McCloskey, American economist & academic
- Deirdre Lovejoy, American actress
- Deirdre O'Connell, American actress
- Deirdre Quinn, American actress
- Deirdre Bair, American biographer (1935-2020)
- Pema Chödrön, American philosopher
- Dede Barry, American speed skater and cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.