Deirdra comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning 'Exalted, sorrowful.'.
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How popular is Deirdra?
1961peak year
Today, Deirdra has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1961, 56 babies were given the name (ranked #1501 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1960s. In all, around 1,172 babies have been registered as Deirdra since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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