Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Detra

#4,417 most common girls' name of all time · #7,510 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1944–1998

Rank among girls
#4,417
Rank overall
#7,510 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
2,048
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #1,105
Best rank
#1,061 1966
Girls Boys peak 107/yr
19601980

Detra first appears in 1944. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1998 7 — 7 #11,346
1996 5 — 5 #13,875
1994 7 — 7 #10,823
1993 8 — 8 #9,730
1992 15 — 15 #6,082
1991 9 — 9 #8,759
1990 11 — 11 #7,449
1989 15 — 15 #5,631
1988 12 — 12 #6,375
1987 23 — 23 #3,784
1986 11 — 11 #6,300
1985 24 — 24 #3,550
1984 34 — 34 #2,701
1983 23 — 23 #3,480
1982 32 — 32 #2,868
1981 49 — 49 #2,101
1980 50 — 50 #2,082
1979 49 — 49 #2,067
1978 57 — 57 #1,792
1977 70 — 70 #1,544
1976 82 — 82 #1,324
1975 68 — 68 #1,508
1974 73 — 73 #1,406
1973 63 — 63 #1,507
1972 73 — 73 #1,375
1971 93 — 93 #1,219
1970 107 — 107 #1,105
1969 95 — 95 #1,145
1968 82 — 82 #1,208
1967 59 — 59 #1,454
1966 98 — 98 #1,061
1965 80 — 80 #1,206
1964 69 — 69 #1,358
1963 69 — 69 #1,339
1962 67 — 67 #1,356
1961 50 — 50 #1,609
1960 49 — 49 #1,613
1959 26 — 26 #2,284
1958 22 — 22 #2,498
1957 30 — 30 #2,024
1956 27 — 27 #2,144
1955 26 — 26 #2,152
1954 32 — 32 #1,868
1953 13 — 13 #3,240
1952 12 — 12 #3,348
1951 8 — 8 #4,314
1950 12 — 12 #3,214
1949 10 — 10 #3,585
1948 5 — 5 #5,844
1947 11 — 11 #3,434
1945 6 — 6 #4,489
1944 20 — 20 #1,966