Desra — girls' name
56 babies named Desra in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Desra since 1955, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1984.
- 56
- total births
- 1955–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Desra was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Desra in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Desra
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Desra between 1955 and 1984, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Desra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Desra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Desra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Desra 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 56 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.
Desra at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Desra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1955
- Peak year (1955)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
56 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 6 births in a single year.
Desra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 33 births that decade — 59% of Desra's all-time total
Desra decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Desra's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.