Debie — girls' name
443 babies named Debie in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Debie was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Debie in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Debie
The Social Security Administration has registered 443 babies named Debie between 1951 and 1973, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Debie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 52 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Debie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Debie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Debie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Debie 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 443 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.
Debie at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Debie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1951
- Peak year (1959)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
443 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 52 births in a single year.
Debie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 217 births that decade — 49% of Debie's all-time total
Debie decade highlights
- Peak decade 217 births
- Runner-up 189 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Debie's strongest decade
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Debie by state
Where Debie concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 10.4% |
46 of 443 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% 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, 1951–1973 (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.