Deirdra
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,172since 1944
Deirdra over time
Rank among girls' names. Deirdra has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 |
| 1967 | #1,682 | 46 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 |
| 1961 | #1,499 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Deirdra! It came in at #2,762, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Deirdra is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,047 · 1 in 21,325
- Texas#1,324 · 1 in 22,352
Best ever in a state: #518 in Massachusetts, 1964.
Show every state
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| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
| Texas | #1,324 | 5 | 1 in 22,352 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Deirdra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1961 at #1,499 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,429 girls born in 1969 were named Deirdra (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,974 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,499 in 1961, was only 1 in 36,045 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.9% of all girls named Deirdra (432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 40 | #2,762 (1944) | #3,709 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,980 (1959) | #4,496 |
| 1960s | 432 | #1,499 (1961) | #1,801 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,906 (1971) | #2,810 |
| 1980s | 221 | #3,147 (1981) | #3,829 |
| 1990s | 105 | #4,808 (1991) | #8,980 |
| 2000s | 29 | #11,801 (2000) | #14,186 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Deirdra in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 36,045 of them was named Deirdra, which outranked 80.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,481Sueann57
- #1,481Tessie57
- #1,481Zandra57
- #1,499Deirdra56
- #1,499Annamaria56
- #1,499Cammie56
- #1,499Drusilla56
- #1,520Cecily55
- #1,520Charlette55
- #1,520Christene55
Tied with 20 names at #1,499; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.