Debora

#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,244
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1957 · 2,371 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,133
since 1915

Debora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Debora has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #161, 1957girls
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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#2,32678
2024#2,11890
2023#1,878106
2022#1,99298
2021#2,41674
2020#2,25779
2019#2,19384
2018#2,38776
2017#2,01897
2016#2,09393
2015#2,34079
2014#2,17687
2013#2,15287
2012#1,955100
2011#2,58969
2010#2,15291
2009#2,42579
2008#2,26786
2007#2,56872
2006#2,97857
2005#2,40773
2004#2,44669
2003#2,57762
2002#2,28871
2001#2,70055
2000#2,42663
1999#2,18269
1998#2,37059
1997#3,03639
1996#1,96472
1995#2,45652
1994#2,20960
1993#2,82542
1992#2,15662
1991#2,13662
1990#2,02966
1989#1,91068
1988#2,33047
1987#1,96257
1986#2,05252
1985#1,90658
1984#1,83758
1983#2,19844
1982#1,65369
1981#1,71466
1980#1,67768
1979#1,66167
1978#1,43480
1977#1,27593
1976#1,122106
1975#1,026117
1974#867150
1973#709207
1972#700207
1971#583300
1970#502394
1969#423522
1968#379582
1967#340677
1966#309821
1965#303879#3,2447
1964#298961
1963#2671,118
1962#2651,134#4,0335
1961#2331,385
1960#2151,553#4,0385
1959#1841,963#3,9885
1958#1672,248#3,5596
1957#1612,371
1956#1612,330
1955#1662,063
1954#2291,237
1953#270920
1952#287805
1951#311639
1950#437343
1949#604185
1948#790118
1947#1,03873
1946#1,55932
1945#1,66025
1944#1,69824
1943#1,99419
1942#3,4448
1941#2,09616
1940#2,29713
1939#2,41712
1938#2,9409
1937#3,4347
1936
1935#2,73110
1934#3,8026
1933#3,7536
1932
1931#4,3315
1930#4,5505
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1927#4,2866
1926
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1924#3,3939
1923
1922#3,3799
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1918#4,8095
1917
1916#3,2588
1915#3,7956
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Debora! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1921, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 208 spots since 2024 (#2,118#2,326)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#2,257#2,326)
  • 14 spots since 2015 (#2,340#2,326)
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1948 (#1,038#790)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1975 (#867#1,026)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1957 at #161 (2,371 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1948–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 862
  • Highest: 1 in 862 girls born in 1956 were named Debora (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #161 in 1957, was only 1 in 862 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 49.5% of all girls named Debora (14,919) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,258 (1916)#3,954
1920s24#3,379 (1922)#3,686
1930s60#2,417 (1939)#3,495
1940s513#604 (1949)#1,718
1950s14,919#161 (1957)#237
1960s9,632#215 (1960)#303
1970s1,721#502 (1970)#988
1980s587#1,653 (1982)#1,924
1990s583#1,964 (1996)#2,336
2000s687#2,267 (2008)#2,508
2010s863#1,955 (2012)#2,206
2020s525#1,878 (2023)#2,165

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.

Debora in 2002

girls
#2,288
71 births · 1 in 25,308 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #2,288Debora71
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 25,308 of them was named Debora, which outranked 87.3% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debora
  1. #2,263Rhonda72
  2. #2,263Sheyenne72
  3. #2,263Winnie72
  4. #2,288Debora71
  5. #2,288Abbigayle71
  6. #2,288Cienna71
  7. #2,288Cinthya71
  8. #2,310Alasia70
  9. #2,310Alaura70
  10. #2,310Annabell70

Tied with 21 names at #2,288; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 1,168Cadence#2,126#958
  2. 949Lisbeth#1,573#624
  3. 710Ashanti#825#115
  4. 464Elle#1,076#612
  5. 412Nyla#865#453
Fallers
  1. 1,141Citlalli#609#1,750
  2. 748Nallely#772#1,520
  3. 617Dafne#967#1,584
  4. 582Beyonce#700#1,282
  5. 540Mikaila#928#1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002