Nedra
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,104since 1906
Nedra over time
Rank among girls' names. Nedra has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,315 | 93 |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 |
| 1981 | #1,830 | 60 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 |
| 1978 | #1,598 | 67 |
| 1977 | #1,661 | 63 |
| 1976 | #1,568 | 64 |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 74 |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,423 | 67 |
| 1968 | #1,210 | 81 |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 |
| 1965 | #1,208 | 79 |
| 1964 | #1,001 | 114 |
| 1963 | #1,036 | 107 |
| 1962 | #1,114 | 95 |
| 1961 | #1,101 | 99 |
| 1960 | #1,025 | 110 |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 |
| 1958 | #941 | 120 |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 |
| 1956 | #1,034 | 98 |
| 1955 | #788 | 148 |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 |
| 1953 | #803 | 131 |
| 1952 | #800 | 128 |
| 1951 | #776 | 130 |
| 1950 | #728 | 138 |
| 1949 | #800 | 118 |
| 1948 | #837 | 109 |
| 1947 | #764 | 127 |
| 1946 | #732 | 122 |
| 1945 | #784 | 91 |
| 1944 | #668 | 123 |
| 1943 | #678 | 125 |
| 1942 | #616 | 147 |
| 1941 | #518 | 179 |
| 1940 | #546 | 158 |
| 1939 | #582 | 132 |
| 1938 | #635 | 117 |
| 1937 | #695 | 97 |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 |
| 1935 | #688 | 94 |
| 1934 | #642 | 109 |
| 1933 | #751 | 77 |
| 1932 | #667 | 102 |
| 1931 | #761 | 77 |
| 1930 | #674 | 104 |
| 1929 | #849 | 70 |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 |
| 1927 | #824 | 79 |
| 1926 | #1,045 | 51 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 |
| 1924 | #941 | 65 |
| 1923 | #859 | 73 |
| 1922 | #866 | 71 |
| 1921 | #788 | 86 |
| 1920 | #836 | 75 |
| 1919 | #835 | 69 |
| 1918 | #771 | 86 |
| 1917 | #866 | 63 |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 |
| 1915 | #689 | 92 |
| 1914 | #710 | 66 |
| 1913 | #694 | 56 |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Nedra! It came in at #1,154, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1999, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nedra is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#158 · 1 in 860
- Washington#276 · 1 in 2,321
- Missouri#341 · 1 in 3,595
- Iowa#353 · 1 in 4,225
- Ohio#357 · 1 in 4,391
Best ever in a state: #125 in Utah, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #158 | 7 | 1 in 860 |
| Washington | #276 | 7 | 1 in 2,321 |
| Missouri | #341 | 9 | 1 in 3,595 |
| Iowa | #353 | 5 | 1 in 4,225 |
| Ohio | #357 | 15 | 1 in 4,391 |
| Arkansas | #382 | 6 | 1 in 3,395 |
| Indiana | #397 | 6 | 1 in 5,327 |
| Illinois | #455 | 11 | 1 in 6,410 |
| Louisiana | #509 | 5 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Texas | #523 | 14 | 1 in 4,785 |
| California | #625 | 8 | 1 in 8,628 |
| Pennsylvania | #691 | 5 | 1 in 18,012 |
| New York | #822 | 5 | 1 in 22,611 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nedra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1908 (#1,289 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1956 (#788 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1941 at #518 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1927–1955
- Highest: 1 in 6,749 girls born in 1941 were named Nedra (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Nedra (1,299) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 53 | #939 (1908) | #1,122 |
| 1910s | 618 | #689 (1915) | #767 |
| 1920s | 711 | #788 (1921) | #876 |
| 1930s | 1,014 | #582 (1939) | #674 |
| 1940s | 1,299 | #518 (1941) | #694 |
| 1950s | 1,228 | #728 (1950) | #877 |
| 1960s | 954 | #999 (1966) | #1,116 |
| 1970s | 665 | #1,369 (1970) | #1,539 |
| 1980s | 432 | #1,315 (1984) | #2,904 |
| 1990s | 76 | #6,131 (1990) | #9,621 |
| 2000s | 33 | #10,921 (2005) | #13,370 |
| 2010s | 21 | #14,331 (2016) | #16,159 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nedra in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 9,189 of them was named Nedra, which outranked 88.5% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).