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

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Peak · girls
1957 · 2,371 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,133
since 1915

Debora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Debora has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #161, 1957girls
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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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2025#2,32678—
2024#2,11890—
2023#1,878106—
2022#1,99298—
2021#2,41674—
2020#2,25779—
2019#2,19384—
2018#2,38776—
2017#2,01897—
2016#2,09393—
2015#2,34079—
2014#2,17687—
2013#2,15287—
2012#1,955100—
2011#2,58969—
2010#2,15291—
2009#2,42579—
2008#2,26786—
2007#2,56872—
2006#2,97857—
2005#2,40773—
2004#2,44669—
2003#2,57762—
2002#2,28871—
2001#2,70055—
2000#2,42663—
1999#2,18269—
1998#2,37059—
1997#3,03639—
1996#1,96472—
1995#2,45652—
1994#2,20960—
1993#2,82542—
1992#2,15662—
1991#2,13662—
1990#2,02966—
1989#1,91068—
1988#2,33047—
1987#1,96257—
1986#2,05252—
1985#1,90658—
1984#1,83758—
1983#2,19844—
1982#1,65369—
1981#1,71466—
1980#1,67768—
1979#1,66167—
1978#1,43480—
1977#1,27593—
1976#1,122106—
1975#1,026117—
1974#867150—
1973#709207—
1972#700207—
1971#583300—
1970#502394—
1969#423522—
1968#379582—
1967#340677—
1966#309821—
1965#303879#3,2447
1964#298961—
1963#2671,118—
1962#2651,134#4,0335
1961#2331,385—
1960#2151,553#4,0385
1959#1841,963#3,9885
1958#1672,248#3,5596
1957#1612,371—
1956#1612,330—
1955#1662,063—
1954#2291,237—
1953#270920—
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1950#437343—
1949#604185—
1948#790118—
1947#1,03873—
1946#1,55932—
1945#1,66025—
1944#1,69824—
1943#1,99419—
1942#3,4448—
1941#2,09616—
1940#2,29713—
1939#2,41712—
1938#2,9409—
1937#3,4347—
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First appearance
1915

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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMNIllinois: #910 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,959 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMINew York: #589 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,912 girlsNYMassachusetts: #399 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,398 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedINOhio: #900 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,686 girlsOHPennsylvania: #846 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,141 girlsPANew Jersey: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,268 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #789 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,191 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedWVVirginia: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,625 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedHITexas: #841 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,954 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Debora, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#399 · 1 in 3,398
  2. Virginia#511 · 1 in 4,625
  3. New York#589 · 1 in 4,912
  4. New Jersey#681 · 1 in 6,268
  5. California#789 · 1 in 7,191

Best ever in a state: #67 in Maine, 1958.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#39991 in 3,398
Virginia#51161 in 4,625
New York#589211 in 4,912
New Jersey#68161 in 6,268
California#789191 in 7,191
Texas#841121 in 7,954
Pennsylvania#84661 in 11,141
Ohio#90061 in 11,686
Illinois#91071 in 9,959
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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 Debora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1957 at #161 (2,371 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1948–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 862
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 49.5% of all girls named Debora (14,919) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,258 (1916)#3,954
1920s24#3,379 (1922)#3,686
1930s60#2,417 (1939)#3,495
1940s513#604 (1949)#1,718
1950s14,919#161 (1957)#237
1960s9,632#215 (1960)#303
1970s1,721#502 (1970)#988
1980s587#1,653 (1982)#1,924
1990s583#1,964 (1996)#2,336
2000s687#2,267 (2008)#2,508
2010s863#1,955 (2012)#2,206
2020s525#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 1974

girls
#867
150 births · 1 in 9,784 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #867Debora150
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 9,784 of them was named Debora, which outranked 91.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Debora
  1. #863Lakeshia151
  2. #863Lenora151
  3. #863Rosalyn151
  4. #867Debora150
  5. #867Claudine150
  6. #867Latarsha150
  7. #867Octavia150
  8. #871Danyell149
  9. #871Faye149
  10. #871Rosanna149

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1974 →