Perdita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Perdita

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Perdita between 1954 and 1971, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Perdita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Perdita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Perdita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Perdita 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 31 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.