Debera — girls' name
1,252 babies named Debera in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
1,252 girls have been named Debera since 1944, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1980.
- 1,252
- total births
- 1944–1980
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Debera was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Debera in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Debera
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,252 babies named Debera between 1944 and 1980, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Debera performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 732 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Debera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 150 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Debera in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Debera 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 1,252 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.
Debera at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Debera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1944
- Peak year (1955)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
1,252 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 96 births in a single year.
Debera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 732 births that decade — 58% of Debera's all-time total
Debera decade highlights
- Peak decade 732 births
- Runner-up 357 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Debera's strongest decade
732 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Debera by state
Where Debera concentrates geographically — total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 150 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 58 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 33 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
150 of 1,252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.9% of nationwide
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Debera appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1944–1980 (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.