Girls' name · since 1952
Debbye
Debbye has 47 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
47 girls have been named Debbye since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Debbye has 47 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1960.
- #35,664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Debbye ranks #35,664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #35,664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Debbye's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Debbye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Debbye splits its recorded history at 1957: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Debbye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1960
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Debbye by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (40 births, 85% of the file).
1950s was Debbye's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Debbye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 40 births (85% of all-time use).
Debbye by state
Where Debbye concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 10.6% |
5 of 47 births nationwide.
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What to do with Debbye's data
- Debbye's decade-level peak was the 1950s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Debbyes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Debbye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1952–1960 (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 Debbye 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.