Deby — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deby

The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Deby between 1948 and 1979, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deby 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 263 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.