Deborah
#862 for girls in 2025, 313 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 52,318 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 742,820since 1880
Deborah over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #862 | 313 | — | |
| 2024 | #852 | 317 | — | |
| 2023 | #967 | 267 | — | |
| 2022 | #910 | 301 | — | |
| 2021 | #910 | 295 | — | |
| 2020 | #904 | 291 | — | |
| 2019 | #899 | 296 | — | |
| 2018 | #781 | 350 | — | |
| 2017 | #773 | 357 | — | |
| 2016 | #822 | 349 | — | |
| 2015 | #804 | 350 | — | |
| 2014 | #752 | 373 | — | |
| 2013 | #815 | 330 | — | |
| 2012 | #793 | 337 | — | |
| 2011 | #810 | 332 | — | |
| 2010 | #774 | 355 | — | |
| 2009 | #817 | 346 | — | |
| 2008 | #808 | 356 | — | |
| 2007 | #777 | 372 | — | |
| 2006 | #672 | 425 | — | |
| 2005 | #652 | 425 | — | |
| 2004 | #639 | 427 | — | |
| 2003 | #632 | 423 | — | |
| 2002 | #559 | 474 | — | |
| 2001 | #543 | 490 | — | |
| 2000 | #493 | 546 | — | |
| 1999 | #496 | 524 | — | |
| 1998 | #465 | 554 | — | |
| 1997 | #411 | 638 | — | |
| 1996 | #410 | 635 | — | |
| 1995 | #398 | 659 | — | |
| 1994 | #355 | 738 | — | |
| 1993 | #328 | 798 | — | |
| 1992 | #303 | 919 | — | |
| 1991 | #271 | 1,014 | — | |
| 1990 | #262 | 1,095 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #251 | 1,076 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #250 | 1,056 | — | |
| 1987 | #222 | 1,203 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #202 | 1,287 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #192 | 1,400 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #187 | 1,468 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #171 | 1,609 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #160 | 1,840 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #148 | 1,907 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #146 | 1,937 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #132 | 2,180 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #118 | 2,479 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #109 | 2,676 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #96 | 2,992 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #86 | 3,414 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #68 | 4,343 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #56 | 4,980 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #43 | 6,271 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #33 | 8,675 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #33 | 9,845 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #27 | 11,187 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #27 | 12,288 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #22 | 14,012 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1966 | #14 | 16,250 | #1,090 | 46 |
| 1965 | #13 | 17,081 | #1,129 | 44 |
| 1964 | #12 | 19,306 | #967 | 62 |
| 1963 | #13 | 21,053 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1962 | #9 | 22,889 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1961 | #10 | 24,107 | #1,042 | 56 |
| 1960 | #10 | 25,266 | #944 | 64 |
| 1959 | #9 | 29,546 | #919 | 69 |
| 1958 | #7 | 32,943 | #863 | 77 |
| 1957 | #6 | 40,096 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #4 | 47,834 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #2 | 52,318 | #728 | 100 |
| 1954 | #3 | 54,674 | #807 | 80 |
| 1953 | #3 | 52,199 | #786 | 82 |
| 1952 | #4 | 49,811 | #726 | 94 |
| 1951 | #4 | 42,053 | #892 | 62 |
| 1950 | #7 | 29,063 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #15 | 19,209 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #30 | 11,244 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #62 | 5,837 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #119 | 2,471 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #161 | 1,462 | — | |
| 1944 | #168 | 1,293 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #241 | 785 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #265 | 676 | — | |
| 1941 | #259 | 607 | — | |
| 1940 | #290 | 470 | — | |
| 1939 | #293 | 443 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #308 | 410 | — | |
| 1937 | #358 | 322 | — | |
| 1936 | #366 | 300 | — | |
| 1935 | #378 | 281 | — | |
| 1934 | #383 | 280 | — | |
| 1933 | #409 | 242 | — | |
| 1932 | #455 | 207 | — | |
| 1931 | #524 | 158 | — | |
| 1930 | #529 | 165 | — | |
| 1929 | #534 | 161 | — | |
| 1928 | #618 | 130 | — | |
| 1927 | #757 | 91 | — | |
| 1926 | #673 | 116 | — | |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 | — | |
| 1924 | #663 | 125 | — | |
| 1923 | #683 | 118 | — | |
| 1922 | #866 | 71 | — | |
| 1921 | #753 | 94 | — | |
| 1920 | #797 | 82 | — | |
| 1919 | #833 | 70 | — | |
| 1918 | #743 | 92 | — | |
| 1917 | #746 | 89 | — | |
| 1916 | #718 | 90 | — | |
| 1915 | #644 | 105 | — | |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 | — | |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 | — | |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 | — | |
| 1911 | #722 | 36 | — | |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 | — | |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | — | |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #538 | 24 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | — | |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 | — | |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Deborah was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 16 girls a year got the name.
Where Deborah is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Hampshire#97 · 1 in 380
- Massachusetts#101 · 1 in 478
- Rhode Island#119 · 1 in 603
- Connecticut#137 · 1 in 896
- New York#171 · 1 in 1,092
Best ever in a state: #1 in Rhode Island, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #97 | 8 | 1 in 380 |
| Massachusetts | #101 | 59 | 1 in 478 |
| Rhode Island | #119 | 7 | 1 in 603 |
| Connecticut | #137 | 11 | 1 in 896 |
| New York | #171 | 78 | 1 in 1,092 |
| New Jersey | #178 | 19 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Maryland | #190 | 10 | 1 in 1,202 |
| Pennsylvania | #191 | 49 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Illinois | #200 | 35 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Minnesota | #215 | 12 | 1 in 1,772 |
| Ohio | #256 | 19 | 1 in 2,653 |
| Indiana | #270 | 9 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Florida | #318 | 6 | 1 in 2,302 |
| California | #325 | 17 | 1 in 2,683 |
| Michigan | #361 | 9 | 1 in 4,610 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 6 | 1 in 3,336 |
| Tennessee | #435 | 5 | 1 in 5,432 |
| Mississippi | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,408 |
| Missouri | #449 | 5 | 1 in 5,363 |
| North Carolina | #459 | 6 | 1 in 6,142 |
| Alabama | #469 | 5 | 1 in 5,668 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Deborah
- 10 spots since 2024 (#852 → #862)
- 42 spots since 2020 (#904 → #862)
- 58 spots since 2015 (#804 → #862)
- Biggest jump: 278 spots in 1900 (#983 → #705)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1889 (#486 → #757)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1955 at #2 (52,318 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: 13 yrs · run 1950–1962
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1947–1976
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 36 girls born in 1954 were named Deborah (2.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,135 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #2 in 1955, was only 1 in 37 (2.7%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 58.0% of all girls named Deborah (430,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 143 | #447 (1881) | #573 |
| 1890s | 183 | #538 (1890) | #722 |
| 1900s | 226 | #699 (1901) | #761 |
| 1910s | 651 | #644 (1915) | #757 |
| 1920s | 1,070 | #534 (1929) | #716 |
| 1930s | 2,808 | #293 (1939) | #400 |
| 1940s | 44,054 | #15 (1949) | #161 |
| 1950s | 430,537 | #2 (1955) | #5 |
| 1960s | 183,439 | #9 (1962) | #16 |
| 1970s | 47,855 | #33 (1970) | #77 |
| 1980s | 14,783 | #146 (1980) | #193 |
| 1990s | 7,574 | #262 (1990) | #370 |
| 2000s | 4,284 | #493 (2000) | #659 |
| 2010s | 3,429 | #752 (2014) | #802 |
| 2020s | 1,784 | #852 (2024) | #901 |
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.
Deborah in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 2,475 of them was named Deborah, which outranked 94.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 184,475 of them was named Deborah, which outranked 21.5% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,829Willmer7
- #2,829Yates7
- #2,829Ygnacio7
- #3,113Deborah6
- #3,113Abbott6
- #3,113Ac6
- #3,113Adams6
- #3,480Abbie5
- #3,480Adelard5
- #3,480Adrin5
Tied with 366 names at #3,113; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.