Detta
- Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 203since 1914
Detta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Detta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
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| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
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| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Detta! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Detta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Detta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Detta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1930 at #2,202 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 75,062
- Highest: 1 in 75,062 girls born in 1930 were named Detta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,545 girls born in 1979 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 26.1% of all girls named Detta (53) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,618 (1914) | #3,946 |
| 1920s | 25 | #2,737 (1929) | #3,600 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,202 (1930) | #3,666 |
| 1940s | 13 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,116 |
| 1950s | 42 | #4,625 (1959) | #5,386 |
| 1960s | 53 | #4,625 (1967) | #5,802 |
| 1970s | 29 | #6,362 (1970) | #8,029 |
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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