Diedra — girls' name
1,918 babies named Diedra in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Diedra was born in this single decade.
87 babies were named Diedra in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Diedra
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,918 babies named Diedra between 1944 and 2004, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Diedra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 87 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Diedra performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 653 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Diedra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 140 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Diedra in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Diedra 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 1,918 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.
Diedra at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Diedra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1944
- Peak year (1961)
- 87
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
1,918 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 87 births in a single year.
Diedra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 653 births that decade — 34% of Diedra's all-time total
Diedra decade highlights
- Peak decade 653 births
- Runner-up 390 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Diedra's strongest decade
653 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Diedra by state
Where Diedra concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 140 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 101 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 81 | 4.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 38 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 18 | 0.9% |
140 of 1,918 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Diedra appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1944–2004 (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.