Girls' name · peaked in 1956
Debora name popularity since 1925
30,124 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Debora. Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Debora is about 67 years old in 2026. Debora peaked in 1956 as the #161 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,124
- Named Debora, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,336 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 30,096 girls · 28 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 1.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Debora 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.
Debora births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Debora peaked in 1956.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Debora became 7× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 2,040.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 67%, from 1 in 3,230 to 1 in 9,780.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Debora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Debora.
Decade by decade
Babies named Debora 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 | 6 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 60 | 0 | #2,776 |
| 1940s | 513 | 0 | #1,669 |
| 1950s | 14,919 | 11 | #166 |
| 1960s | 9,632 | 17 | #303 |
| 1970s | 1,721 | 0 | #1,028 |
| 1980s | 587 | 0 | #1,911 |
| 1990s | 583 | 0 | #2,465 |
| 2000s | 687 | 0 | #2,415 |
| 2010s | 863 | 0 | #2,344 |
| 2020–25 | 525 | 0 | #2,336 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
71.4% of babies named Debora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Debora is most popular
The index compares Debora'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 Debora.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1.41× | 925 |
| Ohio | 1.39× | 1,773 |
| Iowa | 1.28× | 451 |
| West Virginia | 1.28× | 311 |
| Michigan | 1.17× | 1,242 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Debora 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Debora (this page) | 30,096 | 1956 |
| Deborah | 741,127 | 1954 |
| Debera | 1,252 | 1955 |
| Deborha | 1,078 | 1956 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Debora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Debora.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Debora (1956).
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