Deboah — girls' name
44 babies named Deboah in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
44 girls have been named Deboah since 1953, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1963.
- 44
- total births
- 1953–1963
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
70% of everyone ever named Deboah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Deboah in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deboah
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Deboah between 1953 and 1963, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deboah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deboah performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Deboah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deboah 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 44 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.
Deboah at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deboah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1953
- Peak year (1955)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
44 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 7 births in a single year.
Deboah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 31 births that decade — 70% of Deboah's all-time total
Deboah decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Deboah's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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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, 1953–1963 (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.