Dedra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dedra

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,418 babies named Dedra between 1944 and 2007, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dedra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 190 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dedra performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,641 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dedra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dedra in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dedra 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 4,418 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.