Deb — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deb

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,450 babies named Deb between 1953 and 1972, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deb currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 236 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deb performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 771 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Deb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 277 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Deb in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deb in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,450 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.