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How popular is “Deirdra” in the USA?

Number of people named “Deirdra” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Deirdra” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Deirdra” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Deirdra” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Deirdra” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Deirdra” by birth year

This chart shows how “Deirdra” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 8 0.000001935 8 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 46 0.000011074 46 100%
1961 56 0.000013519 56 100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 100%
1963 38 0.0000096 38 100%
1964 49 0.000012604 49 100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 100%
1969 49 0.000014099 49 100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 100%
1971 45 0.000013111 45 100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 100%
1973 40 0.000013259 40 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 100%
1976 22 0.00000725 22 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 100%
1981 27 0.000007805 27 100%
1982 25 0.000007127 25 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 15 0.0000043 15 100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 100%
1986 27 0.00000759 27 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 100%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%

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