Girls' name · since 1944
Dierdra
214 babies named Dierdra in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dierdra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 214 recorded since 1944.
Dierdra has 214 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1993.
- #19,107 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 214 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dierdra ranks #19,107 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 214 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #19,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dierdra's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Dierdra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dierdra splits its recorded history at 1968: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dierdra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1993
- Peak year (1965)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Dierdra by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (120 births, 56% of the file).
1960s was Dierdra's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Dierdra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
120 births
- 1970s 43
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 120 births (56% of all-time use).
Dierdra by state
Where Dierdra concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 214 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dierdra's data
- Dierdra's decade-level peak was the 1960s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Dierdras (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dierdra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dierdra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.