first name
NEDRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,294 people named Nedra, 56.7% reported their origin as White, 37.4% as Black and 2.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Nedra peaked in 1941, when 179 babies got the name.
At least 7,104 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Nedra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,209. The largest share of babies named Nedra, 31.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Nedra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nedra has been most common in Utah (7.3×), Louisiana (3.8×), and Illinois (2.6×), and least common in Florida (0.26×).
3,355 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nedra, most common first.
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