Dierdra — girls' name
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.
56% of everyone ever named Dierdra was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Dierdra in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dierdra
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Dierdra between 1944 and 1993, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dierdra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dierdra performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dierdra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dierdra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dierdra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 214 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dierdra at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dierdra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1944
- Peak year (1965)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
214 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 17 births in a single year.
Dierdra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 120 births that decade — 56% of Dierdra's all-time total
Dierdra decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dierdra's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.