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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #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—
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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.

Where Debbie is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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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
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 1880

girls
#738
6 births · 1 in 15,166 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #738Debbie6
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 15,166 of them was named Debbie, which outranked 21.7% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debbie
  1. #679Yetta7
  2. #679Zena7
  3. #679Zola7
  4. #738Debbie6
  5. #738Abby6
  6. #738Aileen6
  7. #738Alba6
  8. #836Adelle5
  9. #836Adina5
  10. #836Adrienne5

Tied with 97 names at #738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →