Debara — girls' name
334 babies named Debara in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Debara was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Debara in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Debara
The Social Security Administration has registered 334 babies named Debara between 1947 and 1974, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Debara performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Debara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Debara in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Debara 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 334 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.
Debara at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Debara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1947
- Peak year (1956)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
334 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 37 births in a single year.
Debara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 197 births that decade — 59% of Debara's all-time total
Debara decade highlights
- Peak decade 197 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Debara's strongest decade
197 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Debara by state
Where Debara concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 334 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.