Dedorah — girls' name
36 babies named Dedorah in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
36 girls have been named Dedorah since 1953, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1963.
- 36
- total births
- 1953–1963
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Dedorah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dedorah in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dedorah
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Dedorah between 1953 and 1963, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dedorah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dedorah performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dedorah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dedorah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dedorah at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dedorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1953
- Peak year (1953)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
36 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 7 births in a single year.
Dedorah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 24 births that decade — 67% of Dedorah's all-time total
Dedorah decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dedorah's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.