Debborah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Debborah

The Social Security Administration has registered 617 babies named Debborah between 1948 and 1989, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debborah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Debborah performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Debborah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Debborah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Debborah 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 617 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.