Dedra

Peak · girls
1968 · 179 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,418
since 1944

Dedra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dedra has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #738, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#11,6309
2006#15,1526
2005#16,4625
2004#10,6909
2003#7,99813
2002#7,81613
2001#7,72413
2000#5,70519
1999#4,44525
1998#4,36625
1997#4,50823
1996#4,45323
1995#4,34823
1994#2,87741
1993#2,88241
1992#2,51350
1991#2,29156
1990#2,31754
1989#2,09659
1988#2,01159
1987#2,15650
1986#1,95256
1985#1,76064
1984#1,77161
1983#1,53173
1982#1,78661
1981#1,58074
1980#1,31896
1979#1,36490
1978#1,51174
1977#1,24796
1976#1,134104
1975#1,17598
1974#950130
1973#980121
1972#912136
1971#854158
1970#838163
1969#781172
1968#738179
1967#776162
1966#776160
1965#798153
1964#801170
1963#746190
1962#786174
1961#863152
1960#939129
1959#1,34863
1958#1,54248
1957#1,40756
1956#1,79635
1955#1,69137
1954#1,83632
1953#1,83430
1952#1,61136
1951#1,36247
1950#2,18520
1949#2,34018
1948#3,35010
1947#2,14621
1946#2,15319
1945#2,14916
1944#2,02718
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Dedra! It came in at #2,027, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2008–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dedra is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Dedra in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dedra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 409 spots in 1960
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1975
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1968 at #738 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1960–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,164
  • Highest: 1 in 9,164 girls born in 1968 were named Dedra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,624 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Dedra (1,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s102#2,027 (1944)#2,361
1950s404#1,348 (1959)#1,661
1960s1,641#738 (1968)#800
1970s1,170#838 (1970)#1,097
1980s653#1,318 (1980)#1,796
1990s361#2,291 (1991)#3,500
2000s87#5,705 (2000)#10,397

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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