Debbie

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #5,355
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 19,540 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
187,853
since 1880

Debbie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #20, 1959girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,23824
2024#4,56030
2023#4,65529
2022#5,63822
2021#4,50730
2020#6,08319
2019#5,44923
2018#5,78521
2017#5,33824
2016#5,13026
2015#4,85328
2014#3,84839
2013#5,01327
2012#4,29634
2011#4,68130
2010#3,51645
2009#3,67743
2008#3,64544
2007#2,93061
2006#2,81562
2005#3,50942
2004#2,44669
2003#2,43967
2002#2,19975
2001#2,19374
2000#2,14175
1999#1,78689
1998#1,67595
1997#1,368125
1996#1,311131
1995#1,209142
1994#1,043175
1993#1,034178
1992#1,021184
1991#872228
1990#742280
1989#719275
1988#715262
1987#684270
1986#680271
1985#609311
1984#529363
1983#544344
1982#492413
1981#481439
1980#439489
1979#396552#5,3556
1978#354603
1977#365594
1976#319700
1975#294808#5,4645
1974#2441,055#3,8378
1973#2081,232#3,6948
1972#1821,586#3,6228
1971#1552,064#2,68613
1970#1482,322#3,5218
1969#1272,652#2,68211
1968#1113,019#3,1078
1967#903,742#3,5596
1966#734,846#2,21613
1965#626,088#2,27013
1964#528,381#1,79320
1963#4110,444#1,62824
1962#3213,092#1,47928
1961#3114,882#1,57026
1960#2417,067#1,43431
1959#2019,540#1,11748
1958#2417,860#1,20441
1957#2714,382#1,26738
1956#399,863#1,76520
1955#637,254#1,61123
1954#924,664#1,95616
1953#1193,208#3,4256
1952#1442,454#3,3736
1951#1751,709
1950#2211,163
1949#244941
1948#267836
1947#318598
1946#471277
1945#610141
1944#638132
1943#86182
1942#81488
1941#83076
1940#91561
1939#93057
1938#99251
1937#1,06345
1936#1,44526
1935#1,41827
1934#1,51824
1933#1,72320
1932#1,81719
1931#2,20514
1930#2,55212
1929#2,58712
1928#2,28415
1927#2,43314
1926#2,70812
1925#3,3629
1924#3,6658
1923#3,3509
1922#2,61213
1921#5,0995
1920#2,73112
1919#2,64012
1918#2,51913
1917#4,0836
1916#1,94917
1915#2,25513
1914#2,6388
1913
1912#1,71911
1911#1,9567
1910
1909
1908#1,6767
1907#1,3849
1906#1,5537
1905#1,16211
1904
1903#1,2049
1902#1,4387
1901#1,1369
1900#1,9325
1899#1,1818
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#95012
1895#1,1239
1894#95011
1893#1,4375
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0937
1890#9409
1889#1,1476
1888#1,0367
1887
1886#73110
1885
1884#7319
1883
1882
1881
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Debbie was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Debbie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 678 spots since 2024 (#4,560#5,238)
  • 845 spots since 2020 (#6,083#5,238)
  • 385 spots since 2015 (#4,853#5,238)
  • Biggest jump: 487 spots in 1894 (#1,437#950)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1895 (#950#1,123)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1959 at #20 (19,540 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1954–1967
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1938–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 104
  • Highest: 1 in 104 girls born in 1959 were named Debbie (0.97%)
  • Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Debbie (84,213) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#731 (1886)#877
1890s75#940 (1890)#1,140
1900s64#1,136 (1901)#1,436
1910s87#1,719 (1912)#2,470
1920s109#2,284 (1928)#3,083
1930s295#930 (1939)#1,566
1940s3,232#244 (1949)#597
1950s82,097#20 (1959)#92
1960s84,213#24 (1960)#64
1970s11,516#148 (1970)#267
1980s3,437#439 (1980)#589
1990s1,627#742 (1990)#1,206
2000s612#2,141 (2000)#2,799
2010s297#3,516 (2010)#4,791
2020s154#4,507 (2021)#5,114

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.

Debbie in 1954

girls
#92
4,664 births · 1 in 416 girls
boys
#1,956
16 births · 1 in 127,422 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #92Debbie4,664

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #1,956Debbie16
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 416 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 98.6% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debbie
  1. #89Michele4,763
  2. #90Marcia4,744
  3. #91Cindy4,714
  4. #92Debbie4,664
  5. #93Doris4,457
  6. #94Michelle4,432
  7. #95Wendy4,415
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 127,422 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 55.1% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debbie
  1. #1,887Ubaldo17
  2. #1,887Virgle17
  3. #1,887Zollie17
  4. #1,956Debbie16
  5. #1,956Alferd16
  6. #1,956Ancil16
  7. #1,956Apolonio16
  8. #2,044Alain15
  9. #2,044Alexandro15
  10. #2,044Americo15

Tied with 87 names at #1,956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954