Girl name#1,039 of girl names
Deidre
Pronounced D IY1 D R AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1963
- 91 years in use
How popular is Deidre?
Deidre is a girls' name, and first appears in 1933. It has been given to 16,472 children — the 1,039th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 33 births across the past decade, against a peak of 603 in a single year. That peak was in 1963.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D IY1 D R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Deidre
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Deidre
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Deidre?
- Deidre ranks 1,039th among girls' names in US records, with 16,472 births since 1933. Over the past decade it accounts for 33.
- Is Deidre a unisex name?
- No. Deidre is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Deidre most popular?
- 1963, when 603 children were given the name. It has been in use for 91 years and is still recorded as of 2024.