Given name
Deidra
“a brokenhearted or raging woman”
Deidra is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deidra is a variant of Deidre. One interpretation is “a brokenhearted or raging woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deidra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,287
- 0 boys · 10,287 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 340 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 340 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,785 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Deidra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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