The name Deirdre is of Irish Gaelic origin, and means fear or anger.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Deirdre has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Deirdre
Use of the Name Deirdre for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
14,622
13,095
2,234
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Deirdre has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Deirdre first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1944, which is the first year shown on the table.
Deirdre last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1990, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Deirdre
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1944
948
67
1945
851
78
1946
743
120
1947
689
149
1948
707
140
1949
754
130
1950
711
145
1951
751
138
1952
638
193
1953
666
182
1954
689
185
1955
647
207
1956
569
274
1957
552
300
1958
600
272
1959
501
378
1960
402
568
1961
333
791
1962
345
751
1963
371
675
1964
351
721
1965
400
543
1966
384
560
1967
412
508
1968
387
561
1969
370
631
1970
424
522
1971
451
455
1972
501
351
1973
525
319
1974
555
303
1975
611
259
1976
597
268
1977
684
229
1978
747
207
1979
770
208
1980
705
240
1981
774
211
1982
672
264
1983
767
208
1984
842
183
1985
847
191
1986
881
188
1987
830
210
1988
941
178
1989
987
175
1990
990
186
Totals:
14,622
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Deirdre as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Deirdre appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 47 times during the last 125 years.