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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

girls
#208
1,232 births · 1 in 1,184 girls
boys
#3,694
8 births · 1 in 194,822 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #208Debbie1,232

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #3,694Debbie8
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,184 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 97.9% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debbie
  1. #205Rosa1,260
  2. #206Ashley1,250
  3. #207Catina1,236
  4. #208Debbie1,232
  5. #209Joyce1,226
  6. #210Keri1,212
  7. #211Charlene1,206
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 194,822 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 37.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debbie
  1. #3,445Yvonne9
  2. #3,445Zenon9
  3. #3,445Zoran9
  4. #3,694Debbie8
  5. #3,694Abayomi8
  6. #3,694Adarryll8
  7. #3,694Adin8
  8. #4,054Aaran7
  9. #4,054Abron7
  10. #4,054Adair7

Tied with 359 names at #3,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973