Girls' name · since 1955
Derra
Derra has 125 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
125 girls have been named Derra since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Derra has 125 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2002.
- #24,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1955
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derra ranks #24,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1955, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
Derra's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Derra splits its recorded history at 1983: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Derra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2002
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Derra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (37 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Derra's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Derra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 37 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Derra's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2000s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Derra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1955–2002 (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 Derra 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.