Girls' name · since 1946
Debarah
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 260 babies named Debarah, peaking in 1955. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 260
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Debarah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 260 have been recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Debarah has been recorded 260 times among girls since 1946, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1974.
- #17,208 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 260 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Debarah ranks #17,208 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 260 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #17,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 260
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Debarah's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Debarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Debarah's full recorded timeline at 1959, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Debarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1974
- Peak year (1955)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Debarah by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (132 births, 51% of the file).
1950s was Debarah's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Debarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s
1950s
132 births
- 1960s
1960s
88 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 132 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Debarah's decade-level peak was the 1950s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Debarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1946–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Debarah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.