Nedra

Where Nedra comes from

The dictionaries list Nedra as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,154 among girls, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Peak, #518
    179 babies named Nedra — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1946
    Nedra Talley born
    American singer
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,208.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nedra Talley · American singer, 1946–2026

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.