Detra
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #11,138
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 98 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,048since 1944
Detra over time
Rank among girls' names. Detra has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 |
| 1980 | #2,069 | 50 |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 |
| 1976 | #1,316 | 82 |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 |
| 1974 | #1,399 | 73 |
| 1973 | #1,496 | 63 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 |
| 1970 | #1,099 | 107 |
| 1969 | #1,139 | 95 |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 |
| 1966 | #1,057 | 98 |
| 1965 | #1,200 | 80 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 |
| 1963 | #1,330 | 69 |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 |
| 1961 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Detra! It came in at #1,916, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Detra is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#343 · 1 in 1,995
- South Carolina#507 · 1 in 4,110
- Louisiana#514 · 1 in 3,801
- Indiana#573 · 1 in 6,153
- Texas#611 · 1 in 4,961
Best ever in a state: #334 in South Carolina, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #343 | 5 | 1 in 1,995 |
| South Carolina | #507 | 5 | 1 in 4,110 |
| Louisiana | #514 | 8 | 1 in 3,801 |
| Indiana | #573 | 7 | 1 in 6,153 |
| Texas | #611 | 21 | 1 in 4,961 |
| Georgia | #664 | 6 | 1 in 6,736 |
| North Carolina | #688 | 5 | 1 in 8,378 |
| Ohio | #840 | 7 | 1 in 12,737 |
| New York | #1,118 | 9 | 1 in 15,711 |
| California | #1,331 | 9 | 1 in 18,225 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Detra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1966 at #1,057 (98 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,338 girls born in 1970 were named Detra (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 252,421 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,057 in 1966, was only 1 in 17,267 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.9% of all girls named Detra (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 52 | #1,916 (1944) | #3,563 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,836 (1954) | #2,609 |
| 1960s | 718 | #1,057 (1966) | #1,326 |
| 1970s | 735 | #1,099 (1970) | #1,475 |
| 1980s | 273 | #2,069 (1980) | #3,833 |
| 1990s | 62 | #6,008 (1992) | #9,526 |
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.
Detra in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 16,338 of them was named Detra, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,093Jenna108
- #1,093Lia108
- #1,093Melony108
- #1,099Detra107
- #1,099Elva107
- #1,099Inga107
- #1,099Joellen107
- #1,108Cherri106
- #1,108Francisca106
- #1,108Justina106
Tied with 8 names at #1,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.