Girls' name · since 1958
Dedre
44 babies named Dedre in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dedre is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1958.
Social Security Administration records show Dedre recorded 44 times among girls since 1958, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1979.
- #36,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dedre ranks #36,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dedre's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dedre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dedre splits its recorded history at 1974: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dedre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1979
- Peak year (1975)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Dedre by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (28 births, 64% of the file).
1970s was Dedre's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Dedre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dedre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dedre draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.