Debbye — girls' name
47 babies named Debbye in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
47 girls have been named Debbye since 1952, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1960.
- 47
- total births
- 1952–1960
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Debbye was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Debbye in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Debbye
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Debbye between 1952 and 1960, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debbye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Debbye performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Debbye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Debbye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Debbye 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 47 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.
Debbye at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Debbye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1952
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
47 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 10 births in a single year.
Debbye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 40 births that decade — 85% of Debbye's all-time total
Debbye decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Debbye's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.6% 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, 1952–1960 (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.