Detra is an uncommon variant of Deidra that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Detra is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Detra was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 1970 (107 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #11,464 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #14,107 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #10,880 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #9,823 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #6,098 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #8,789 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,445 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,625 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #6,376 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | #3,772 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #6,275 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | #3,543 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #2,689 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #3,456 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #2,852 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | #2,090 |
| 1980 | 50 | — | #2,076 |
| 1979 | 49 | — | #2,057 |
| 1978 | 57 | — | #1,787 |
| 1977 | 70 | — | #1,540 |
| 1976 | 82 | — | #1,317 |
| 1975 | 68 | — | #1,501 |
| 1974 | 73 | — | #1,401 |
| 1973 | 63 | — | #1,498 |
| 1972 | 73 | — | #1,370 |
| 1971 | 93 | — | #1,213 |
| 1970 | 107 | — | #1,099 |
| 1969 | 95 | — | #1,142 |
| 1968 | 82 | — | #1,199 |
| 1967 | 59 | — | #1,445 |
| 1966 | 98 | — | #1,059 |
| 1965 | 80 | — | #1,200 |
| 1964 | 69 | — | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 69 | — | #1,332 |
| 1962 | 67 | — | #1,351 |
| 1961 | 50 | — | #1,602 |
| 1960 | 49 | — | #1,602 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | #2,245 |
| 1958 | 22 | — | #2,467 |
| 1957 | 30 | — | #2,000 |
| 1956 | 27 | — | #2,114 |
| 1955 | 26 | — | #2,120 |
| 1954 | 32 | — | #1,848 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | #3,155 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,240 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,112 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #3,103 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,437 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,437 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #3,297 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,148 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | #1,927 |