Dierre
A variant spelling of the French name Thierry, meaning "ruler of people".
Name Census estimates that about 197 living Americans carry the first name Dierre. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Dierre today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dierre births was 2021 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dierre. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
197
~ 1 in 1,739,870 Americans
Peak year
2021
14 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2024 SSA rank
#12,741
Tracked since 1972
Census
Dierre in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 188 people with the first name Dierre, which placed it at #39,872 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#39,872
National first-name rank
People counted
188
188 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
91.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dierre
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dierre is Black at 91.5%. The next largest groups are White (3.2%) and Hispanic (2.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dierre described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dierre at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American91.5% · 172
- White3.2% · 6
- Hispanic or Latino2.1% · 4
- Two or more races2.1% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.1% · 2
Popularity
Dierre: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dierre from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 48 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1980s peak, Dierre remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dierre by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dierre during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Dierres live
Origin
Meaning and history of Dierre
The name Dierre has its origins in the ancient Gallo-Romance language spoken in parts of present-day France and Northern Italy during the medieval period. It is derived from the Latin word "dierres," which means "of the day" or "from the day." This suggests that the name may have been given to children born during the daytime or on a particularly significant day.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dierre can be found in a 9th-century manuscript from the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, where a monk by the name of Dierre is mentioned as a scribe. However, the name seems to have gained more widespread use in the 12th and 13th centuries, particularly among the nobility and upper classes of France and Northern Italy.
In 1245, a knight named Dierre de Montfort is recorded as having participated in the Seventh Crusade led by Louis IX of France. This suggests that the name was not uncommon among the aristocracy of the time. Another notable figure with the name Dierre was a Florentine merchant named Dierre Bardi, who lived in the late 13th century and was a prominent member of the wealthy Bardi banking family.
The name Dierre also appears in several literary works from the Middle Ages, including the French epic poem "La Chanson de Roland," where a minor character is named Dierre. Additionally, a 14th-century Italian chronicle mentions a nobleman named Dierre Visconti, who was part of the powerful Visconti family that ruled Milan for several decades.
Other notable individuals with the name Dierre include Dierre Lescot, a 16th-century French architect who designed parts of the Louvre Palace in Paris, and Dierre Puget, a 17th-century French sculptor and painter known for his work at the Palace of Versailles. In the 18th century, there was a French playwright named Dierre Marivaux, who wrote several popular comedies and was a member of the Académie Française.
It is worth noting that while the name Dierre was once relatively common in certain regions of Europe, particularly France and Italy, it has become much less prevalent in modern times. This could be due to changes in naming traditions and cultural influences over the centuries.
People
Dierre + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dierre as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dierre: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dierre?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 197 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dierre going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,739,870 US residents.
Is Dierre a common name?
We classify Dierre as "Very Rare". It ranks above 74% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 202 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dierre most popular?
The single biggest year for Dierre was 2021, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dierre is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dierre in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 188 people with the name Dierre, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #39,872 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dierre in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dierre?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dierre leans strongly male. 168 people counted with this name were male (91.3%), compared with 16 female bearers (8.7%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dierre?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dierre is Black at 91.5%. The next largest groups are White (3.2%) and Hispanic (2.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dierre most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Dierre in the 2020 Census, accounting for 91.5% (172 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dierre in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dierre a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dierre in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dierre still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dierre in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dierre can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Dierre?
See how many Americans are named Dierre on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.