Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dierdre

#6,545 most common girls' name of all time · #11,040 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2009

Rank among girls
#6,545
Rank overall
#11,040 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,115
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1961 #1,417
Best rank
#1,417 1961
Girls Boys peak 63/yr
196019802000

Dierdre first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2009 6 — 6 #15,457
2005 7 — 7 #13,191
2003 5 — 5 #16,076
2000 5 — 5 #15,320
1999 10 — 10 #8,940
1998 8 — 8 #10,278
1995 5 — 5 #13,712
1994 6 — 6 #12,032
1993 9 — 9 #8,865
1991 15 — 15 #6,027
1990 10 — 10 #8,024
1989 13 — 13 #6,247
1988 15 — 15 #5,412
1987 9 — 9 #7,505
1986 7 — 7 #8,767
1985 12 — 12 #5,787
1984 12 — 12 #5,652
1983 12 — 12 #5,571
1982 13 — 13 #5,316
1981 11 — 11 #6,020
1980 15 — 15 #4,834
1979 14 — 14 #4,921
1978 14 — 14 #4,760
1977 20 — 20 #3,672
1976 19 — 19 #3,603
1975 18 — 18 #3,691
1974 25 — 25 #2,870
1973 24 — 24 #2,873
1972 26 — 26 #2,715
1971 30 — 30 #2,511
1970 36 — 36 #2,229
1969 39 — 39 #2,016
1968 32 — 32 #2,151
1967 35 — 35 #2,001
1966 35 — 35 #1,973
1965 42 — 42 #1,764
1964 61 — 61 #1,458
1963 39 — 39 #1,885
1962 47 — 47 #1,665
1961 63 — 63 #1,417
1960 43 — 43 #1,741
1959 29 — 29 #2,143
1958 16 — 16 #3,051
1957 21 — 21 #2,550
1956 18 — 18 #2,805
1955 17 — 17 #2,815
1954 9 — 9 #4,196
1953 14 — 14 #3,067
1952 12 — 12 #3,340
1951 16 — 16 #2,672
1950 11 — 11 #3,392
1949 14 — 14 #2,836
1948 19 — 19 #2,323
1947 16 — 16 #2,624
1946 11 — 11 #3,202
1945 15 — 15 #2,337
1944 5 — 5 #5,121
1941 5 — 5 #5,012