Deirdra

Girl · recorded 1944–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1969best year

Most popular in 1969.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Deirdra.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1944

0152919441959197519902005

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Deirdra, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19448
19455
19465
19484
19494
19533
19543
19555
19563
19574
19584
19598
196023
196128
196226
196320
196426
196519
196615
196728
196823
196929
197017
197127
197223
197327
197417
197516
197615
197713
197815
197913
198013
198116
198215
198312
19849
198511
198616
198713
198811
198914
199010
199111
19926
19937
19944
19954
19963
19973
19984
19996
20004
20013
20023
20033
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deirdra isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#14,502
How rare
1 in 307,973 girls
Since 1944
1,172

Deirdra was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1969, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Deirdra doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.