Dedra
Girl · DEE-dra · Irish
Dedra is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dedra mean?
Irish: American variant of Deirdre
Deirdre is the tragic heroine of Irish legend, often called Deirdre of the Sorrows; the meaning of her name is uncertain.
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Is Dedra a girl's or a boy's name?
Dedra is a girls' name.
How popular is Dedra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Dedra in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dedra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,285 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,091 |
| 1988 | 59 | #2,007 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,531 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,786 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,580 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,318 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,364 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,247 |
| 1976 | 104 | #1,134 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 130 | #950 |
| 1973 | 121 | #980 |
| 1972 | 136 | #912 |
| 1971 | 158 | #854 |
| 1970 | 163 | #838 |
| 1969 | 172 | #781 |
| 1968 | 179 | #738 |
| 1967 | 162 | #776 |
| 1966 | 160 | #776 |
| 1965 | 153 | #798 |
| 1964 | 170 | #801 |
| 1963 | 190 | #746 |
| 1962 | 174 | #786 |
| 1961 | 152 | #863 |
| 1960 | 129 | #938 |
| 1959 | 63 | #1,347 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,406 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,026 |
Nicknames for Dedra
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