Meaning not yet researched.
Debby: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #309 in 1959.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #309 in 1959. No US babies were recorded with the name Debby in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #309 in 1959.
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Debby: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #309 in 1959 · most girls in one year: 890 (1959).
Fewer than five US girls were named Debby in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #309, reached in 1959. That year also had the most girls given the name: 890. For comparison, it was #17,122 in 2015 and #573 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Debby in 88 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1923 with 5 babies. In all, 9,697 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 4,460 babies named Debby.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8 US girls were named Debby; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Debbie (188,287 babies since 1880), Debbi (2,973 babies since 1880) and Debi (3,823 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Deby and Deiby are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Deb.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Deby (263), Deiby (60).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Debby is listed as a nickname for Debbie, Debora, Deborah.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #12,059 | — | — |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,122 | — | — |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,433 | — | — |
| 2013 | 5 | #17,220 | — | — |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,758 | — | — |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,851 | — | — |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,733 | — | — |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,902 | — | — |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,337 | — | — |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,704 | — | — |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,163 | — | — |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,102 | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,745 | — | — |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,436 | — | — |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,974 | — | — |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,713 | — | — |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,954 | — | — |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,350 | — | — |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,514 | — | — |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,141 | — | — |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,949 | — | — |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,289 | — | — |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,030 | — | — |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,088 | — | — |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,468 | — | — |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,107 | — | — |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,617 | — | — |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,762 | — | — |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,363 | — | — |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,021 | — | — |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,881 | — | — |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,345 | — | — |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,711 | — | — |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,275 | — | — |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,623 | — | — |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,757 | — | — |
| 1979 | 44 | #2,220 | — | — |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,131 | — | — |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,349 | — | — |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,814 | — | — |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,205 | — | — |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,739 | — | — |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,485 | — | — |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,545 | — | — |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,267 | — | — |
| 1970 | 110 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1969 | 106 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 1968 | 120 | #947 | — | — |
| 1967 | 157 | #795 | — | — |
| 1966 | 183 | #728 | — | — |
| 1965 | 262 | #591 | — | — |
| 1964 | 332 | #542 | — | — |
| 1963 | 433 | #466 | — | — |
| 1962 | 503 | #434 | — | — |
| 1961 | 590 | #399 | — | — |
| 1960 | 668 | #372 | — | — |
| 1959 | 890 | #309 | — | — |
| 1958 | 795 | #333 | — | — |
| 1957 | 661 | #355 | — | — |
| 1956 | 461 | #425 | — | — |
| 1955 | 384 | #461 | — | — |
| 1954 | 303 | #510 | — | — |
| 1953 | 277 | #515 | — | — |
| 1952 | 244 | #549 | — | — |
| 1951 | 233 | #553 | — | — |
| 1950 | 212 | #573 | — | — |
| 1949 | 203 | #581 | — | — |
| 1948 | 207 | #583 | — | — |
| 1947 | 125 | #768 | — | — |
| 1946 | 75 | #961 | — | — |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,335 | — | — |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,552 | — | — |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,675 | — | — |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,538 | — | — |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,289 | — | — |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,583 | — | — |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,225 | — | — |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,620 | — | — |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,777 | — | — |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,057 | — | — |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,848 | — | — |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,421 | — | — |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,574 | — | — |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,532 | — | — |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,562 | — | — |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,704 | — | — |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,754 | — | — |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,115 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).