Dedra
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #11,630
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,418since 1944
Dedra over time
Rank among girls' names. Dedra has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 |
| 1991 | #2,291 | 56 |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 |
| 1984 | #1,771 | 61 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 |
| 1978 | #1,511 | 74 |
| 1977 | #1,247 | 96 |
| 1976 | #1,134 | 104 |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 |
| 1974 | #950 | 130 |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 |
| 1972 | #912 | 136 |
| 1971 | #854 | 158 |
| 1970 | #838 | 163 |
| 1969 | #781 | 172 |
| 1968 | #738 | 179 |
| 1967 | #776 | 162 |
| 1966 | #776 | 160 |
| 1965 | #798 | 153 |
| 1964 | #801 | 170 |
| 1963 | #746 | 190 |
| 1962 | #786 | 174 |
| 1961 | #863 | 152 |
| 1960 | #939 | 129 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 |
| 1958 | #1,542 | 48 |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
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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 1944
No state had 5 or more girls named Dedra in 1944, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dedra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 409 spots in 1960 (#1,348 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1975 (#950 → #1,175)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1968 at #738 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1960–1974
- 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%)
- 37.1% of all girls named Dedra (1,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 102 | #2,027 (1944) | #2,361 |
| 1950s | 404 | #1,348 (1959) | #1,661 |
| 1960s | 1,641 | #738 (1968) | #800 |
| 1970s | 1,170 | #838 (1970) | #1,097 |
| 1980s | 653 | #1,318 (1980) | #1,796 |
| 1990s | 361 | #2,291 (1991) | #3,500 |
| 2000s | 87 | #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.
Dedra in 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 73,735 of them was named Dedra, which outranked 61.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,967Wendie19
- #1,967Zetta19
- #1,967Zita19
- #2,027Dedra18
- #2,027Alona18
- #2,027Alvera18
- #2,027Alverta18
- #2,096Angelia17
- #2,096Archie17
- #2,096Arma17
Tied with 68 names at #2,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.