Girls' name · since 1987
Sedra
Sedra has 374 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,861 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
374 babies have been named Sedra since 1987, making it today's #3861 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sedra has been recorded 374 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #3861 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #14,089 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,861 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 374 born since 1987
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sedra ranks #14,089 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,861 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 374 born since 1987, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,089 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,861 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1987
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sedra's 374 recorded births place it above 80.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sedra compares
374 49th percentile among 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
Sedra's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sedra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 374 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sedra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sedra's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sedra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Sedra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (200 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Sedra's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Sedra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 2000s 60
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 200 births (53% of all-time use).
Sedra by state
Where Sedra concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 11.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 9 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
42 of 374 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Sedra's data
- California records the most Sedras (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sedra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Sedra 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.