Girls' name · since 1944
Deetra
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 183 babies named Deetra, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Deetra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 183 recorded since 1944.
Deetra has 183 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1992.
- #20,712 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 183 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deetra ranks #20,712 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 183 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,712 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Deetra's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deetra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deetra splits its recorded history at 1972: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deetra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1992
- Peak year (1972)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Deetra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (80 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Deetra's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Deetra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
68 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 80 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Deetra's decade-level peak was the 1970s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deetra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1944–1992 (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 Deetra 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.