Meaning not yet researched.
Deborah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 313 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 1955.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 1955; #864 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Deborah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#864 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1955, at #2.
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Deborah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 313 girls in 2025. Peak: #2 in 1955 · most girls in one year: 54,674 (1954).
In 2025, 313 US girls were named Deborah, making it the 864th most common girls’ name of the year, down 10 places from #854 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 317 girls named Deborah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2, reached in 1955. The most girls given the name in a single year was 54,674, in 1954. For comparison, it was #804 in 2015 and #7 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Deborah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 744,478 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 431,325 babies named Deborah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,136 US girls were named Deborah; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 357. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,135 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Deborah ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #433 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Debra (551,841 babies since 1880), Debbie (188,287 babies since 1880), Debora (30,161 babies since 1880) and Devorah (4,789 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Debborah, Deberah and Deboraha are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Deb, Debbie and Debby.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Debborah (617), Deberah (394), Deboraha (362), Debara (334), Debarah (260), Deborra (235), Debbora (231), Deborahh (23), Debborrah (17), Deboraa (16), Deboraah (5).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 12 | #433 | — |
| Indiana | 15 | #454 | #630 |
| New Jersey | 16 | #479 | #626 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #487 | — |
| Maryland | 9 | #564 | #536 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #577 | #529 |
| Iowa | 5 | #594 | #626 |
| Florida | 29 | #602 | #369 |
| Virginia | 12 | #618 | #688 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #676 | — |
| Georgia | 15 | #684 | #784 |
| Utah | 5 | #735 | — |
| Ohio | 12 | #755 | #669 |
| New York | 20 | #801 | #692 |
| Texas | 33 | #882 | #695 |
| California | 29 | #956 | #829 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #997 | #1,015 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #1,039 | #961 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,046 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,172 | #1,104 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,263 | #845 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | #864 | — | — |
| 2024 | 317 | #854 | — | — |
| 2023 | 267 | #968 | — | — |
| 2022 | 301 | #911 | — | — |
| 2021 | 295 | #910 | — | — |
| 2020 | 291 | #904 | — | — |
| 2019 | 296 | #900 | — | — |
| 2018 | 350 | #781 | — | — |
| 2017 | 357 | #773 | — | — |
| 2016 | 349 | #823 | — | — |
| 2015 | 350 | #804 | — | — |
| 2014 | 373 | #752 | — | — |
| 2013 | 330 | #815 | — | — |
| 2012 | 337 | #793 | — | — |
| 2011 | 332 | #811 | — | — |
| 2010 | 355 | #774 | — | — |
| 2009 | 346 | #817 | — | — |
| 2008 | 356 | #808 | — | — |
| 2007 | 372 | #777 | — | — |
| 2006 | 425 | #672 | — | — |
| 2005 | 425 | #653 | — | — |
| 2004 | 427 | #640 | — | — |
| 2003 | 423 | #632 | — | — |
| 2002 | 474 | #559 | — | — |
| 2001 | 490 | #543 | — | — |
| 2000 | 546 | #494 | — | — |
| 1999 | 524 | #496 | — | — |
| 1998 | 554 | #465 | — | — |
| 1997 | 638 | #411 | — | — |
| 1996 | 635 | #410 | — | — |
| 1995 | 659 | #398 | — | — |
| 1994 | 738 | #355 | — | — |
| 1993 | 798 | #328 | — | — |
| 1992 | 919 | #303 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,014 | #272 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,095 | #262 | 5 | #8,415 |
| 1989 | 1,076 | #251 | 10 | #4,901 |
| 1988 | 1,056 | #250 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1,203 | #222 | 7 | #5,632 |
| 1986 | 1,287 | #202 | 7 | #5,470 |
| 1985 | 1,400 | #192 | 7 | #5,276 |
| 1984 | 1,468 | #187 | 6 | #5,744 |
| 1983 | 1,609 | #171 | 6 | #5,652 |
| 1982 | 1,840 | #160 | 9 | #4,310 |
| 1981 | 1,907 | #148 | 7 | #5,056 |
| 1980 | 1,937 | #146 | 7 | #5,056 |
| 1979 | 2,180 | #132 | 13 | #3,213 |
| 1978 | 2,479 | #118 | 12 | #3,252 |
| 1977 | 2,676 | #109 | 21 | #2,222 |
| 1976 | 2,992 | #96 | 17 | #2,530 |
| 1975 | 3,414 | #86 | 15 | #2,665 |
| 1974 | 4,343 | #68 | 20 | #2,145 |
| 1973 | 4,980 | #56 | 30 | #1,592 |
| 1972 | 6,271 | #43 | 23 | #1,880 |
| 1971 | 8,675 | #33 | 36 | #1,421 |
| 1970 | 9,845 | #33 | 28 | #1,629 |
| 1969 | 11,187 | #27 | 32 | #1,419 |
| 1968 | 12,288 | #27 | 34 | #1,322 |
| 1967 | 14,012 | #22 | 50 | #1,035 |
| 1966 | 16,250 | #14 | 46 | #1,092 |
| 1965 | 17,081 | #13 | 44 | #1,131 |
| 1964 | 19,306 | #12 | 62 | #970 |
| 1963 | 21,053 | #13 | 53 | #1,041 |
| 1962 | 22,889 | #9 | 51 | #1,075 |
| 1961 | 24,107 | #10 | 56 | #1,044 |
| 1960 | 25,266 | #10 | 64 | #946 |
| 1959 | 29,546 | #9 | 69 | #921 |
| 1958 | 32,943 | #7 | 77 | #863 |
| 1957 | 40,096 | #6 | 84 | #824 |
| 1956 | 47,834 | #4 | 93 | #763 |
| 1955 | 52,318 | #2 | 100 | #729 |
| 1954 | 54,674 | #3 | 80 | #809 |
| 1953 | 52,199 | #3 | 82 | #790 |
| 1952 | 49,811 | #4 | 94 | #726 |
| 1951 | 42,053 | #4 | 62 | #893 |
| 1950 | 29,063 | #7 | 47 | #1,025 |
| 1949 | 19,209 | #15 | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1948 | 11,244 | #30 | 26 | #1,435 |
| 1947 | 5,837 | #62 | 11 | #2,401 |
| 1946 | 2,471 | #119 | 10 | #2,436 |
| 1945 | 1,462 | #161 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,293 | #168 | 5 | #3,539 |
| 1943 | 785 | #242 | 6 | #3,300 |
| 1942 | 676 | #265 | — | — |
| 1941 | 607 | #259 | — | — |
| 1940 | 470 | #291 | — | — |
| 1939 | 443 | #293 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 1938 | 410 | #308 | — | — |
| 1937 | 322 | #358 | — | — |
| 1936 | 300 | #366 | — | — |
| 1935 | 281 | #378 | — | — |
| 1934 | 280 | #383 | — | — |
| 1933 | 242 | #410 | — | — |
| 1932 | 207 | #455 | — | — |
| 1931 | 158 | #524 | — | — |
| 1930 | 165 | #529 | — | — |
| 1929 | 161 | #534 | — | — |
| 1928 | 130 | #618 | — | — |
| 1927 | 91 | #759 | — | — |
| 1926 | 116 | #674 | — | — |
| 1925 | 82 | #821 | — | — |
| 1924 | 125 | #664 | — | — |
| 1923 | 118 | #684 | — | — |
| 1922 | 71 | #868 | — | — |
| 1921 | 94 | #754 | — | — |
| 1920 | 82 | #799 | — | — |
| 1919 | 70 | #834 | — | — |
| 1918 | 92 | #744 | — | — |
| 1917 | 89 | #747 | — | — |
| 1916 | 90 | #718 | — | — |
| 1915 | 105 | #644 | — | — |
| 1914 | 62 | #727 | — | — |
| 1913 | 42 | #811 | — | — |
| 1912 | 32 | #892 | — | — |
| 1911 | 36 | #723 | — | — |
| 1910 | 33 | #740 | — | — |
| 1909 | 26 | #798 | — | — |
| 1908 | 25 | #775 | — | — |
| 1907 | 21 | #823 | — | — |
| 1906 | 24 | #744 | — | — |
| 1905 | 18 | #879 | — | — |
| 1904 | 23 | #728 | — | — |
| 1903 | 21 | #740 | — | — |
| 1902 | 21 | #760 | — | — |
| 1901 | 21 | #703 | — | — |
| 1900 | 26 | #707 | — | — |
| 1899 | 11 | #995 | — | — |
| 1898 | 21 | #724 | — | — |
| 1897 | 23 | #647 | — | — |
| 1896 | 18 | #763 | — | — |
| 1895 | 13 | #900 | — | — |
| 1894 | 18 | #700 | — | — |
| 1893 | 24 | #577 | — | — |
| 1892 | 16 | #734 | — | — |
| 1891 | 15 | #699 | — | — |
| 1890 | 24 | #540 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #763 | — | — |
| 1888 | 26 | #489 | — | — |
| 1887 | 15 | #591 | — | — |
| 1886 | 10 | #740 | — | — |
| 1885 | 10 | #701 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #591 | — | — |
| 1883 | 16 | #484 | — | — |
| 1882 | 15 | #476 | — | — |
| 1881 | 14 | #452 | — | — |
| 1880 | 12 | #499 | — | — |
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).