Dera — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dera

The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Dera between 1893 and 2009, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dera performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dera in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dera 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 440 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.