# Perdita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/perdita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “loss” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɝdɪtə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Perdie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 31 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Named after the daughter of Leontes and Hermione in William Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale; from Italian perdita (“loss”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 5 | 6,402 |
| 1955 | 8 | 4,644 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,566 |
| 1965 | 7 | 5,662 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,235 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Perdita

- Perdita Weeks, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.