Debs — boys' name
15 babies named Debs in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1912. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Debs was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Debs in 1912 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Debs
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Debs between 1912 and 1921, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Debs currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1921. The name reached its historical peak in 1912, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Debs performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Debs shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Debs 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 15 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.
Debs at a glance
Last recorded 1921Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Debs popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1912
- Peak year (1912)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1921.
15 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1912 with 9 births in a single year.
Debs by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 9 births that decade — 60% of Debs's all-time total
Debs decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Debs's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1912–1921 (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.