Girls' name · since 1951
Medra
Medra has 16 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 16
- total births
- 1951–1965
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Medra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Medra has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1965.
- 16 total births
- 1951–1965 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Medra's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Medra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Medra's full recorded timeline at 1955, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Medra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1965
- Peak year (1965)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Medra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Medra's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Medra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Medra's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1960s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1951–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Medra: Baby Name Since 1951 - 16 Births, Peak 1965." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/medra. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Medra 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 July 2026.