Perdita
About Perdita
A Shakespearean invention for an abandoned baby in The Winter's Tale, Perdita's sense of loss has always been off-putting to parents. But her image was somewhat resuscitated by its association with the appealing canine character in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmations.
As of October 2026, Perdita ranked #9237 in US births in 1971 SSA, peaked at #4644 in 1955.
Editor's take: The name Perdita is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lost".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Perdita on lists
Famous Perditas
- Perdita Rose Annunziata Weeks
British actress
- Perdita Caroline Buchan
Anglo,American novelist
- Perdita Felicien
Canadian hurdler
- Perdita Constance Huston
American journalist and activist
- Perdita Schaffner
daughter of the poet Hilda "H.D." Doolittle
- Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith
daughter of Katharine and Raymond Asquith
Perdita in pop culture
- Perdita
character in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
- Perdita
dog in Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians"
- Perdita Durango
character in films "Wild At Heart" and "Dance With the Devil"
- Perdita Lyford
heroine in Barbara Cartland's book "The Daring Deception"
- Perdita "Perdy" Hyde
Sinclair, character on British soap "Emmerdale"
- "Perdita
" novel by Hilary Cunningham Scharper and its main character
- Perdita
a soldier in Gregor The Overlander
- Perdita Willoughby
the sister of Viola in The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James.