Name meaning & stats
Deirdre
Deirdre (Irish origin). 16,630 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Irish
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
16,630 US babies were named Deirdre between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Deirdre (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Deirdre 94%
- Dierdre 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)