Dierdre
Dierdre is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196162 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1941
- 1,115people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,115 girls have been named Dierdre in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 62 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 62 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 1961, its biggest year
Dierdre was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Dierdre
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deirdrepeak 1961
- Deedeepeak 1962
- Janinepeak 1960
- Diedrepeak 1964
- Deadrapeak 1962
- Sharripeak 1962
- Carlapeak 1962
- Deeannpeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.