Deborah was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #2 in 1955 but is far less common today.
Deborah is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #864 for girl births in the United States (and #1,641 across all names), given to 313 babies. Deborah was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1954 (54,674 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | 313 | #864 | — |
| 2024 | 317 | 317 | #854 | — |
| 2023 | 267 | 267 | #968 | — |
| 2022 | 301 | 307 | #911 | — |
| 2021 | 295 | 295 | #910 | — |
| 2020 | 291 | 296 | #904 | — |
| 2019 | 296 | 305 | #900 | — |
| 2018 | 350 | 355 | #781 | — |
| 2017 | 357 | 369 | #773 | — |
| 2016 | 349 | 358 | #823 | — |
| 2015 | 350 | 359 | #804 | — |
| 2014 | 373 | 382 | #752 | — |
| 2013 | 330 | 342 | #815 | — |
| 2012 | 337 | 349 | #793 | — |
| 2011 | 332 | 343 | #811 | — |
| 2010 | 355 | 361 | #774 | — |
| 2009 | 346 | 346 | #817 | — |
| 2008 | 356 | 367 | #808 | — |
| 2007 | 372 | 382 | #777 | — |
| 2006 | 425 | 431 | #672 | — |
| 2005 | 425 | 438 | #653 | — |
| 2004 | 427 | 441 | #640 | — |
| 2003 | 423 | 439 | #632 | — |
| 2002 | 474 | 489 | #559 | — |
| 2001 | 490 | 507 | #543 | — |
| 2000 | 546 | 563 | #494 | — |
| 1999 | 524 | 543 | #496 | — |
| 1998 | 554 | 576 | #465 | — |
| 1997 | 638 | — | #411 | — |
| 1996 | 635 | — | #410 | — |
| 1995 | 659 | — | #398 | — |
| 1994 | 738 | — | #355 | — |
| 1993 | 798 | — | #328 | — |
| 1992 | 919 | — | #303 | — |
| 1991 | 1,014 | — | #272 | — |
| 1990 | 1,100 | — | #262 | #8,415 |
| 1989 | 1,086 | — | #251 | #4,901 |
| 1988 | 1,056 | — | #250 | — |
| 1987 | 1,210 | — | #222 | #5,632 |
| 1986 | 1,294 | — | #202 | #5,470 |
| 1985 | 1,407 | — | #192 | #5,276 |
| 1984 | 1,474 | — | #187 | #5,744 |
| 1983 | 1,615 | — | #171 | #5,652 |
| 1982 | 1,849 | — | #160 | #4,310 |
| 1981 | 1,914 | — | #148 | #5,056 |
| 1980 | 1,944 | — | #146 | #5,056 |
| 1979 | 2,193 | — | #132 | #3,213 |
| 1978 | 2,491 | — | #118 | #3,252 |
| 1977 | 2,697 | — | #109 | #2,222 |
| 1976 | 3,009 | — | #96 | #2,530 |
| 1975 | 3,429 | — | #86 | #2,665 |
| 1974 | 4,363 | — | #68 | #2,145 |
| 1973 | 5,010 | — | #56 | #1,592 |
| 1972 | 6,294 | — | #43 | #1,880 |
| 1971 | 8,711 | — | #33 | #1,421 |
| 1970 | 9,873 | — | #33 | #1,629 |
| 1969 | 11,219 | — | #27 | #1,419 |
| 1968 | 12,322 | — | #27 | #1,322 |
| 1967 | 14,062 | — | #22 | #1,035 |
| 1966 | 16,296 | — | #14 | #1,092 |
| 1965 | 17,125 | — | #13 | #1,131 |
| 1964 | 19,368 | — | #12 | #970 |
| 1963 | 21,106 | — | #13 | #1,041 |
| 1962 | 22,940 | — | #9 | #1,075 |
| 1961 | 24,163 | — | #10 | #1,044 |
| 1960 | 25,330 | — | #10 | #946 |
| 1959 | 29,615 | — | #9 | #921 |
| 1958 | 33,020 | — | #7 | #863 |
| 1957 | 40,180 | — | #6 | #824 |
| 1956 | 47,927 | — | #4 | #763 |
| 1955 | 52,418 | — | #2 | #729 |
| 1954 | 54,754 | — | #3 | #809 |
| 1953 | 52,281 | — | #3 | #790 |
| 1952 | 49,905 | — | #4 | #726 |
| 1951 | 42,115 | — | #4 | #893 |
| 1950 | 29,110 | — | #7 | #1,025 |
| 1949 | 19,237 | — | #15 | #1,389 |
| 1948 | 11,270 | — | #30 | #1,435 |
| 1947 | 5,848 | — | #62 | #2,401 |
| 1946 | 2,481 | — | #119 | #2,436 |
| 1945 | 1,462 | — | #161 | — |
| 1944 | 1,298 | — | #168 | #3,539 |
| 1943 | 791 | — | #242 | #3,300 |
| 1942 | 676 | — | #265 | — |
| 1941 | 607 | — | #259 | — |
| 1940 | 470 | — | #291 | — |
| 1939 | 449 | — | #293 | #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 | — |