Detta

Girl · recorded 1914–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1930best year

Most popular in 1930.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

071319141930194719631979

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 31 recorded years as a table
Detta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19147
19155
19205
19246
192910
193013
19316
19325
19355
19416
19494
19533
19543
19554
19563
19572
19582
19594
19613
19623
19633
19643
19663
19675
19684
19695
19704
19713
19723
19764
19794

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Detta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
6
Rank in 1979
#9,010
How rare
1 in 267,544 girls
Since 1914
203

Detta was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1930, at 13 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Detta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.