Girls' name · since 1923
Dimitra
898 babies named Dimitra in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 898
- born since 1923
- 1970s
- peak decade
898 babies have been named Dimitra since 1923, making it today's #12047 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dimitra has been recorded 898 times among girls since 1923, currently ranked #12047 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #8,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,047 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 898 born since 1923
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dimitra ranks #8,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,047 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 898 born since 1923, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,047 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 898
- born since 1923
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dimitra's 898 recorded births place it above 88.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Dimitra compares
898 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dimitra's all-time total is 139% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dimitra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 898 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dimitra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dimitra's full recorded timeline at 1990, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dimitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Dimitra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (261 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Dimitra's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Dimitra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s
1970s
261 births
- 1980s
1980s
201 births
- 1990s
1990s
141 births
- 2000s 82
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 65
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 261 births (29% of all-time use).
How Dimitra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dimitra's total volume
Dimitra by state
Where Dimitra concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 100 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 48 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
100 of 898 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Dimitra's data
- Dimitra's decade-level peak was the 1970s (261 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Dimitras (100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Dimitra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dimitra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Dimitra 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.