Girls' name · peaked in 1959
Debbie name popularity since 1925
187,976 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Debbie. Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Debbie is about 66 years old in 2026. Debbie peaked in 1959 as the #20 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 187,976
- Named Debbie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,284 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 187,542 girls · 434 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 1.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Debbie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Debbie births per year, 1925–2025
1959 was the biggest year for Debbie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Debbie became 6.3× more common, from 1 in 9,270 baby girls to 1 in 1,470.
- Steepest fall: Between 1963 and 1968, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 185 to 1 in 543.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Debbie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Debbie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Debbie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 62 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 295 | 0 | #1,423 |
| 1940s | 3,232 | 0 | #612 |
| 1950s | 82,097 | 198 | #63 |
| 1960s | 84,213 | 180 | #62 |
| 1970s | 11,516 | 56 | #294 |
| 1980s | 3,437 | 0 | #609 |
| 1990s | 1,627 | 0 | #1,210 |
| 2000s | 612 | 0 | #3,527 |
| 2010s | 297 | 0 | #4,888 |
| 2020–25 | 154 | 0 | #5,284 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
79.2% of babies named Debbie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Debbie is most popular
The index compares Debbie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Debbie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 1.81× | 459 |
| Montana | 1.73× | 947 |
| New Mexico | 1.69× | 1,743 |
| Kentucky | 1.42× | 4,449 |
| Oregon | 1.33× | 2,341 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Debbie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Debbie (this page) | 187,542 | 1959 |
| Debby | 9,692 | 1959 |
| Debi | 3,823 | 1958 |
| Debbi | 2,973 | 1958 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Debbie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Debbie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Debbie (1959).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data