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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 187,853since 1880
Debbie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,638 | 22 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,815 | 62 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,439 | 67 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,199 | 75 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,193 | 74 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,141 | 75 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,675 | 95 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,368 | 125 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,311 | 131 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,209 | 142 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,043 | 175 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,034 | 178 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,021 | 184 | — | |
| 1991 | #872 | 228 | — | |
| 1990 | #742 | 280 | — | |
| 1989 | #719 | 275 | — | |
| 1988 | #715 | 262 | — | |
| 1987 | #684 | 270 | — | |
| 1986 | #680 | 271 | — | |
| 1985 | #609 | 311 | — | |
| 1984 | #529 | 363 | — | |
| 1983 | #544 | 344 | — | |
| 1982 | #492 | 413 | — | |
| 1981 | #481 | 439 | — | |
| 1980 | #439 | 489 | — | |
| 1979 | #396 | 552 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #354 | 603 | — | |
| 1977 | #365 | 594 | — | |
| 1976 | #319 | 700 | — | |
| 1975 | #294 | 808 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #244 | 1,055 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #208 | 1,232 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #182 | 1,586 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #155 | 2,064 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #148 | 2,322 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #127 | 2,652 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #111 | 3,019 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #90 | 3,742 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #73 | 4,846 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #62 | 6,088 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #52 | 8,381 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #41 | 10,444 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #32 | 13,092 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #31 | 14,882 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #24 | 17,067 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #20 | 19,540 | #1,117 | 48 |
| 1958 | #24 | 17,860 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #27 | 14,382 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1956 | #39 | 9,863 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #63 | 7,254 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #92 | 4,664 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #119 | 3,208 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #144 | 2,454 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #175 | 1,709 | — | |
| 1950 | #221 | 1,163 | — | |
| 1949 | #244 | 941 | — | |
| 1948 | #267 | 836 | — | |
| 1947 | #318 | 598 | — | |
| 1946 | #471 | 277 | — | |
| 1945 | #610 | 141 | — | |
| 1944 | #638 | 132 | — | |
| 1943 | #861 | 82 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 | — | |
| 1940 | #915 | 61 | — | |
| 1939 | #930 | 57 | — | |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,063 | 45 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #731 (1886) | #877 |
| 1890s | 75 | #940 (1890) | #1,140 |
| 1900s | 64 | #1,136 (1901) | #1,436 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,719 (1912) | #2,470 |
| 1920s | 109 | #2,284 (1928) | #3,083 |
| 1930s | 295 | #930 (1939) | #1,566 |
| 1940s | 3,232 | #244 (1949) | #597 |
| 1950s | 82,097 | #20 (1959) | #92 |
| 1960s | 84,213 | #24 (1960) | #64 |
| 1970s | 11,516 | #148 (1970) | #267 |
| 1980s | 3,437 | #439 (1980) | #589 |
| 1990s | 1,627 | #742 (1990) | #1,206 |
| 2000s | 612 | #2,141 (2000) | #2,799 |
| 2010s | 297 | #3,516 (2010) | #4,791 |
| 2020s | 154 | #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 1978
girls
#354
603 births · 1 in 2,540 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,540 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 96.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
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Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.