How Many People Are Named Detra?
people named Detra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 184,349 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,048 babies named Detra in Social Security records from 1944 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
107 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Detra in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Detra alive today is about 54 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Detra first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1970, to 107 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Detra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,059, in 1966.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,059 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,453 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Detra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Detra were born in Texas than in any other state: about 244 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Detra was given 6.3 times as often in South Carolina, 5.1 times in Texas and 3 times in Georgia.
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