Debby
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #11,781
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 890 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,697since 1923
Debby over time
Rank among girls' names. Debby has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 |
| 1971 | #1,266 | 87 |
| 1970 | #1,083 | 110 |
| 1969 | #1,066 | 106 |
| 1968 | #947 | 120 |
| 1967 | #793 | 157 |
| 1966 | #728 | 183 |
| 1965 | #591 | 262 |
| 1964 | #542 | 332 |
| 1963 | #466 | 433 |
| 1962 | #434 | 503 |
| 1961 | #399 | 590 |
| 1960 | #372 | 668 |
| 1959 | #309 | 890 |
| 1958 | #333 | 795 |
| 1957 | #355 | 661 |
| 1956 | #425 | 461 |
| 1955 | #461 | 384 |
| 1954 | #510 | 303 |
| 1953 | #515 | 277 |
| 1952 | #549 | 244 |
| 1951 | #552 | 233 |
| 1950 | #572 | 212 |
| 1949 | #581 | 203 |
| 1948 | #583 | 207 |
| 1947 | #768 | 125 |
| 1946 | #961 | 75 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Debby! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Debby is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#371 · 1 in 2,394
- Oklahoma#472 · 1 in 3,522
- Missouri#619 · 1 in 7,092
- Illinois#933 · 1 in 12,534
- New York#934 · 1 in 11,784
Best ever in a state: #135 in Vermont, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #371 | 6 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Oklahoma | #472 | 5 | 1 in 3,522 |
| Missouri | #619 | 5 | 1 in 7,092 |
| Illinois | #933 | 7 | 1 in 12,534 |
| New York | #934 | 12 | 1 in 11,784 |
| Pennsylvania | #973 | 5 | 1 in 17,188 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 7 | 1 in 14,883 |
| California | #1,331 | 9 | 1 in 18,225 |
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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 Debby
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1946 (#1,332 → #961)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1968 (#793 → #947)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1959 at #309 (890 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1946–1968
- Highest: 1 in 2,274 girls born in 1959 were named Debby (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 221,503 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 46.0% of all girls named Debby (4,460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,325 |
| 1930s | 96 | #2,032 (1936) | #3,066 |
| 1940s | 750 | #581 (1949) | #1,474 |
| 1950s | 4,460 | #309 (1959) | #458 |
| 1960s | 3,354 | #372 (1960) | #634 |
| 1970s | 564 | #1,083 (1970) | #1,877 |
| 1980s | 216 | #2,614 (1981) | #4,198 |
| 1990s | 127 | #5,060 (1990) | #7,264 |
| 2000s | 73 | #8,534 (2000) | #13,177 |
| 2010s | 45 | #8,632 (2012) | #13,316 |
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.
Debby in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 15,892 of them was named Debby, which outranked 88.4% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,080Lavonda111
- #1,080Melissia111
- #1,080Phoebe111
- #1,083Debby110
- #1,083Cinnamon110
- #1,083Corrie110
- #1,083Lesli110
- #1,088Catharine109
- #1,088Donita109
- #1,088Kassandra109
Tied with 4 names at #1,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.