Deborah
Rank in 2025
#862
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
313
girls 313
Peak year
1954
54,674 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
744,478
since 1880
Born a Deborah? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Deborah was most popular in 1954, when 54,674 babies recorded as girls got the name (28.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 313 babies were named Deborah, ranking #862 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 317 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 267 | 967 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 301 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 295 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 291 | 904 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 296 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 350 | 781 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 357 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 349 | 822 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 350 | 804 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 373 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 330 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 337 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 332 | 810 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 355 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 346 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 356 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 372 | 777 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 425 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 425 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 427 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 423 | 632 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 474 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 490 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 546 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 524 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 554 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 638 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 635 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 659 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 738 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 798 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 919 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,014 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,095 | 262 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 1,076 | 251 | 10 | 4811 |
| 1988 | 1,056 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 1,203 | 222 | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | 1,287 | 202 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 1,400 | 192 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 1,468 | 187 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 1,609 | 171 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 1,840 | 160 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 1,907 | 148 | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | 1,937 | 146 | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | 2,180 | 132 | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | 2,479 | 118 | 12 | 3215 |
| 1977 | 2,676 | 109 | 21 | 2202 |
| 1976 | 2,992 | 96 | 17 | 2508 |
| 1975 | 3,414 | 86 | 15 | 2637 |
| 1974 | 4,343 | 68 | 20 | 2129 |
| 1973 | 4,980 | 56 | 30 | 1586 |
| 1972 | 6,271 | 43 | 23 | 1871 |
| 1971 | 8,675 | 33 | 36 | 1415 |
| 1970 | 9,845 | 33 | 28 | 1615 |
| 1969 | 11,187 | 27 | 32 | 1414 |
| 1968 | 12,288 | 27 | 34 | 1314 |
| 1967 | 14,012 | 22 | 50 | 1030 |
| 1966 | 16,250 | 14 | 46 | 1090 |
| 1965 | 17,081 | 13 | 44 | 1129 |
| 1964 | 19,306 | 12 | 62 | 967 |
| 1963 | 21,053 | 13 | 53 | 1037 |
| 1962 | 22,889 | 9 | 51 | 1069 |
| 1961 | 24,107 | 10 | 56 | 1042 |
| 1960 | 25,266 | 10 | 64 | 944 |
| 1959 | 29,546 | 9 | 69 | 919 |
| 1958 | 32,943 | 7 | 77 | 863 |
| 1957 | 40,096 | 6 | 84 | 823 |
| 1956 | 47,834 | 4 | 93 | 762 |
| 1955 | 52,318 | 2 | 100 | 728 |
| 1954 | 54,674 | 3 | 80 | 807 |
| 1953 | 52,199 | 3 | 82 | 786 |
| 1952 | 49,811 | 4 | 94 | 726 |
| 1951 | 42,053 | 4 | 62 | 892 |
| 1950 | 29,063 | 7 | 47 | 1022 |
| 1949 | 19,209 | 15 | 28 | 1380 |
| 1948 | 11,244 | 30 | 26 | 1430 |
| 1947 | 5,837 | 62 | 11 | 2356 |
| 1946 | 2,471 | 119 | 10 | 2403 |
| 1945 | 1,462 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,293 | 168 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 785 | 241 | 6 | 3231 |
| 1942 | 676 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 607 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 470 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 443 | 293 | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | 410 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 322 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 300 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 281 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 280 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 242 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 207 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 158 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 165 | 529 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 161 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 130 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 91 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 116 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 82 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 125 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 118 | 683 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 71 | 866 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 94 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 82 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 70 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 92 | 743 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 89 | 746 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 90 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 105 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 62 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 42 | 810 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 32 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 36 | 722 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 33 | 737 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 26 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 25 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 21 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 24 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 18 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 23 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 21 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 21 | 756 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 21 | 699 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 26 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | 983 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 23 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 18 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 13 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 18 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 24 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 16 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 15 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 24 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 12 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 26 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 15 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 10 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 16 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 14 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | <5 | — |
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Names like Deborah
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Deborah is most popular
- Massachusetts2.4×
- Maryland2.3×
- Indiana2.1×
- Florida2.1×
- New Jersey1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years