Dierdre
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,115since 1941
Dierdre over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dierdre has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
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| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
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| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
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| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,980 | 35 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 63 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five girls were named Dierdre! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1961 at #1,406 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 31,063
- Highest: 1 in 31,063 girls born in 1964 were named Dierdre (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,406 in 1961, was only 1 in 32,040 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 39.1% of all girls named Dierdre (436) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 85 | #2,237 (1945) | #3,111 |
| 1950s | 163 | #2,108 (1959) | #2,892 |
| 1960s | 436 | #1,406 (1961) | #1,789 |
| 1970s | 226 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,334 |
| 1980s | 119 | #4,743 (1980) | #5,987 |
| 1990s | 63 | #5,949 (1991) | #9,520 |
| 2000s | 23 | #13,010 (2005) | #14,767 |
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.
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