How Many People Are Named Dera?
An estimated 186 people in the United States have the first name Dera. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 54 years old, and Dera peaked in popularity in 1915 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dera as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dera paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
186
About 1 in 1,842,765 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
54
years old
Peak Year
1915
16 births
Total Registered
440
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dera
Dera is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 440 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dera as a female name
Ranked #18,038 in 2009
5 female births in 2009
Peak: 1915 (16 births)
Dera: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dera span from the 1890s to the 2000s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 71 babies were registered. Dera has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dera by Decade
How has Dera tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dera + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dera as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dera
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Dera: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dera?
We estimate approximately 186 people named Dera are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,842,765 Americans share this first name.
Is Dera a common name?
Dera is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 440 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dera most popular?
Dera reached peak popularity in 1915, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dera is approximately 54 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dera a female name?
Dera is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dera Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dera Smith, Dera Johnson, Dera Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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