Deirdre
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning sorrowful or broken-hearted.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Deirdre by the numbers
Deirdre was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 795 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deirdre. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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