Feminine dossier · first seen 1921

Deirdre

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Deirdre
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.7% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

799

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1921Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

98.7%

2024

All-time

16,831

Deirdre once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 799 girls were named Deirdre.

In 2024, only 10 girls were given the name.

Down 98.7% from its peak.

All told, about 16,831 Americans have been named Deirdre and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.7% from peak

1961799 girls named Deirdre

202410 girls named Deirdre

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