girls' name ★ peaked 1957

Debora

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,336 Trend ↑ Rising 19%

A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Deborah.

Rank 2025
#2,336
among girls · ↓214 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
78
named Debora · -13% vs 2024
How common
1 in 20,606
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1957
2,371 babies
All-time total
30,161
#832 all-time among girls
First recorded
1915
in Social Security records

Debora popularity over time

30,161 babies have been named Debora since 1915, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s 19 – 19 2 – #3,329
1920s 24 – 24 2 +26% #3,440
1930s 60 – 60 6 +150% #2,446
1940s 513 – 513 51 +755% #604
1950s 14,919 11 14,930 1,493 +2810% #161
1960s 9,632 17 9,649 965 -35% #215
1970s 1,721 – 1,721 172 -82% #502
1980s 587 – 587 59 -66% #1,657
1990s 583 – 583 58 -1% #1,967
2000s 687 – 687 69 +18% #2,276
2010s 863 – 863 86 +26% #1,957
2020s (to 2025) 525 – 525 88 +1% #1,881

Where Debora is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 80 0.05 outside top 500
2027 81 0.05 outside top 500
2028 83 0.05 outside top 500
2029 84 0.05 outside top 500
2030 85 0.05 outside top 500

Where Debora is most popular

Girls named Debora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.055 per 1,000. Strongest in North Carolina, Florida, and Maryland.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Debora born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
North Carolina 25 0.110 +100%
Florida 44 0.103 +87%
Maryland 10 0.094 +72%
Tennessee 11 0.069 +26%
Texas 52 0.065 +18%
Massachusetts 7 0.058 +5%
California 41 0.049 -11%
New York 16 0.040 -27%
Georgia 8 0.035 -36%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Debora

Debora is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,336 in 2025 with 78 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1915, 30,161 American babies have been named Debora. Its peak came in 1957, when 2,371 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1950s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Debora stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Debora?

The median living Debora is about 65 years old; half are between 59 and 69. An estimated 26 thousand people named Debora are alive in the United States today.

median 65 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Debora year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 78 #2,336 – –
2024 90 #2,122 – –
2023 106 #1,881 – –
2022 98 #1,996 – –
2021 74 #2,422 – –
2020 79 #2,262 – –
2019 84 #2,205 – –
2018 76 #2,391 – –
2017 97 #2,023 – –
2016 93 #2,098 – –
2015 79 #2,344 – –
2014 87 #2,182 – –
2013 87 #2,158 – –
2012 100 #1,957 – –
2011 69 #2,597 – –
2010 91 #2,154 – –
2009 79 #2,431 – –
2008 86 #2,276 – –
2007 72 #2,575 – –
2006 57 #2,992 – –
2005 73 #2,415 – –
2004 69 #2,454 – –
2003 62 #2,587 – –
2002 71 #2,291 – –
2001 55 #2,712 – –
2000 63 #2,436 – –
1995 52 #2,465 – –
1990 66 #2,033 – –
1985 58 #1,911 – –
1980 68 #1,679 – –
1975 117 #1,028 – –
1970 394 #502 – –
1965 879 #303 7 #3,311
1960 1,553 #215 5 #4,163
1955 2,063 #166 – –
1950 343 #437 – –
1945 25 #1,669 – –
1940 13 #2,325 – –
1935 10 #2,776 – –
1930 5 #4,705 – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 6 #3,882 – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Debora

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Debora Caprioglio Debora Caprioglio Italian actress (born 1968) Contemporary
  2. 2 Debora Patta South African broadcast journalist and editor b. 1964 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Debora, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Debora?

The median living Debora is about 65 years old. Half of all living Deboras are between 59 and 69 years old.

How many people named Debora are alive today?

An estimated 26 thousand people named Debora are alive in the United States, based on 30,161 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Debora mean?

A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Deborah.

How popular is the name Debora in 2025?

Debora ranked #2,336 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 78 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Debora?

30,161 babies have been named Debora in the United States since 1915, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Debora most popular?

Debora peaked in 1957, when 2,371 newborns received the name.

Is Debora a boy or girl name?

Debora is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Debora rising or falling?

Debora is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Debora become more popular?

Debora is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 85 girls named Debora in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Debora?

Well-known people named Debora include Debora Caprioglio (actor), Debora Patta (writer).

Names like Debora

Names that sound and feel close to Debora: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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