Recorded 1941–2020 · United States
Deidra was most popular in 1980, when 340 American babies were given the name — ranking #991 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,287 people named Deidra.
Deidra first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1941, which makes it about 84 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 78 of the 85 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,287 American births named Deidra between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,593 are estimated to be alive today.
Deidra was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Deidra is out of use. It averaged 11 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Deidra is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 10,287 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,593 Americans named Deidra are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 47 years old, and half are between 38 and 59.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org