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
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 2,371 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 30,133since 1915
Debora over time
Rank among girls' names. Debora has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #2,326 | 78 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,118 | 90 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,878 | 106 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,992 | 98 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,416 | 74 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,257 | 79 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,193 | 84 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,387 | 76 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,340 | 79 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,152 | 87 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,152 | 91 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,288 | 71 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,182 | 69 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,964 | 72 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,029 | 66 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,910 | 68 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,906 | 58 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,714 | 66 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,677 | 68 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,275 | 93 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,122 | 106 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | — | |
| 1974 | #867 | 150 | — | |
| 1973 | #709 | 207 | — | |
| 1972 | #700 | 207 | — | |
| 1971 | #583 | 300 | — | |
| 1970 | #502 | 394 | — | |
| 1969 | #423 | 522 | — | |
| 1968 | #379 | 582 | — | |
| 1967 | #340 | 677 | — | |
| 1966 | #309 | 821 | — | |
| 1965 | #303 | 879 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #298 | 961 | — | |
| 1963 | #267 | 1,118 | — | |
| 1962 | #265 | 1,134 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #233 | 1,385 | — | |
| 1960 | #215 | 1,553 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #184 | 1,963 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #167 | 2,248 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #161 | 2,371 | — | |
| 1956 | #161 | 2,330 | — | |
| 1955 | #166 | 2,063 | — | |
| 1954 | #229 | 1,237 | — | |
| 1953 | #270 | 920 | — | |
| 1952 | #287 | 805 | — | |
| 1951 | #311 | 639 | — | |
| 1950 | #437 | 343 | — | |
| 1949 | #604 | 185 | — | |
| 1948 | #790 | 118 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,038 | 73 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
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| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Debora is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#82 · 1 in 282
- New Hampshire#114 · 1 in 460
- Vermont#118 · 1 in 513
- West Virginia#127 · 1 in 573
- South Dakota#129 · 1 in 521
Best ever in a state: #67 in Maine, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #82 | 35 | 1 in 282 |
| New Hampshire | #114 | 12 | 1 in 460 |
| Vermont | #118 | 7 | 1 in 513 |
| West Virginia | #127 | 32 | 1 in 573 |
| South Dakota | #129 | 14 | 1 in 521 |
| Arkansas | #133 | 28 | 1 in 636 |
| Rhode Island | #133 | 11 | 1 in 753 |
| Kentucky | #141 | 48 | 1 in 687 |
| North Dakota | #141 | 12 | 1 in 578 |
| Massachusetts | #144 | 67 | 1 in 798 |
| Iowa | #145 | 45 | 1 in 636 |
| Hawaii | #147 | 12 | 1 in 506 |
| Alaska | #148 | 5 | 1 in 513 |
| Washington | #150 | 43 | 1 in 664 |
| Virginia | #152 | 52 | 1 in 781 |
| Nebraska | #153 | 21 | 1 in 698 |
| New Mexico | #156 | 20 | 1 in 600 |
| Ohio | #156 | 142 | 1 in 746 |
| Oregon | #158 | 22 | 1 in 694 |
| Indiana | #165 | 58 | 1 in 863 |
| Colorado | #169 | 26 | 1 in 727 |
| Pennsylvania | #170 | 129 | 1 in 887 |
| Kansas | #172 | 27 | 1 in 806 |
| Michigan | #172 | 95 | 1 in 949 |
| Idaho | #174 | 9 | 1 in 705 |
| District of Columbia | #178 | 14 | 1 in 940 |
| North Carolina | #180 | 51 | 1 in 962 |
| South Carolina | #183 | 30 | 1 in 886 |
| Oklahoma | #184 | 24 | 1 in 889 |
| Wisconsin | #190 | 36 | 1 in 1,234 |
| California | #193 | 171 | 1 in 973 |
| Maryland | #193 | 27 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Minnesota | #198 | 33 | 1 in 1,203 |
| Illinois | #206 | 86 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Utah | #206 | 11 | 1 in 937 |
| Alabama | #207 | 31 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Georgia | #208 | 39 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Mississippi | #210 | 25 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Texas | #216 | 109 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Tennessee | #217 | 28 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 16 | 1 in 1,527 |
| Arizona | #228 | 14 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Florida | #228 | 36 | 1 in 1,356 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 37 | 1 in 1,546 |
| Missouri | #239 | 27 | 1 in 1,666 |
| New York | #256 | 107 | 1 in 1,574 |
| Louisiana | #275 | 24 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Debora
- 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)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1957 at #161 (2,371 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1948–1974
- 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
- 49.5% of all girls named Debora (14,919) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,258 (1916) | #3,954 |
| 1920s | 24 | #3,379 (1922) | #3,686 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,417 (1939) | #3,495 |
| 1940s | 513 | #604 (1949) | #1,718 |
| 1950s | 14,919 | #161 (1957) | #237 |
| 1960s | 9,632 | #215 (1960) | #303 |
| 1970s | 1,721 | #502 (1970) | #988 |
| 1980s | 587 | #1,653 (1982) | #1,924 |
| 1990s | 583 | #1,964 (1996) | #2,336 |
| 2000s | 687 | #2,267 (2008) | #2,508 |
| 2010s | 863 | #1,955 (2012) | #2,206 |
| 2020s | 525 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 1,031 of them was named Debora, which outranked 97.4% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 426,904 of them was named Debora, which outranked 12.8% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 584 names at #3,988; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.