Debra was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #2 in 1956 but is far less common today.
Debra is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,478 for girl births in the United States (and #7,758 across all names), given to 31 babies. Debra was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1955 (50,563 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | #4,478 | — |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | #3,593 | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | #4,587 | — |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | #3,842 | — |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | #3,504 | — |
| 2020 | 44 | 44 | #3,459 | — |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | #3,014 | — |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | #3,218 | — |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 | #3,448 | — |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 | #3,113 | — |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | #3,932 | — |
| 2014 | 54 | 54 | #3,087 | — |
| 2013 | 48 | 48 | #3,330 | — |
| 2012 | 68 | 68 | #2,639 | — |
| 2011 | 64 | 64 | #2,736 | — |
| 2010 | 73 | 73 | #2,519 | — |
| 2009 | 81 | 81 | #2,381 | — |
| 2008 | 88 | 88 | #2,234 | — |
| 2007 | 120 | 120 | #1,787 | — |
| 2006 | 118 | 118 | #1,763 | — |
| 2005 | 104 | 104 | #1,860 | — |
| 2004 | 132 | 132 | #1,520 | — |
| 2003 | 123 | 123 | #1,565 | — |
| 2002 | 140 | 140 | #1,379 | — |
| 2001 | 143 | 143 | #1,343 | — |
| 2000 | 164 | 164 | #1,211 | — |
| 1999 | 187 | 187 | #1,073 | — |
| 1998 | 205 | 205 | #986 | — |
| 1997 | 213 | — | #932 | — |
| 1996 | 226 | — | #875 | — |
| 1995 | 257 | — | #776 | — |
| 1994 | 308 | — | #683 | — |
| 1993 | 356 | — | #631 | — |
| 1992 | 353 | — | #639 | — |
| 1991 | 478 | — | #496 | — |
| 1990 | 542 | — | #454 | — |
| 1989 | 555 | — | #438 | — |
| 1988 | 618 | — | #388 | — |
| 1987 | 641 | — | #366 | — |
| 1986 | 775 | — | #309 | — |
| 1985 | 918 | — | #273 | — |
| 1984 | 1,025 | — | #245 | #6,537 |
| 1983 | 1,093 | — | #229 | #4,216 |
| 1982 | 1,322 | — | #209 | #4,311 |
| 1981 | 1,349 | — | #202 | #4,620 |
| 1980 | 1,558 | — | #177 | — |
| 1979 | 1,693 | — | #166 | #6,267 |
| 1978 | 1,870 | — | #147 | — |
| 1977 | 1,968 | — | #146 | #4,703 |
| 1976 | 2,075 | — | #134 | #5,072 |
| 1975 | 2,453 | — | #114 | #3,716 |
| 1974 | 3,135 | — | #94 | #4,754 |
| 1973 | 3,669 | — | #84 | #2,333 |
| 1972 | 4,682 | — | #66 | #2,347 |
| 1971 | 5,948 | — | #57 | #2,070 |
| 1970 | 7,220 | — | #47 | #1,902 |
| 1969 | 7,986 | — | #43 | #1,359 |
| 1968 | 9,127 | — | #38 | #1,369 |
| 1967 | 10,237 | — | #38 | #1,768 |
| 1966 | 11,293 | — | #35 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | 13,134 | — | #27 | #1,280 |
| 1964 | 15,377 | — | #24 | #1,100 |
| 1963 | 17,370 | — | #21 | #1,324 |
| 1962 | 20,638 | — | #15 | #1,154 |
| 1961 | 22,212 | — | #13 | #1,085 |
| 1960 | 26,807 | — | #8 | #877 |
| 1959 | 31,455 | — | #7 | #942 |
| 1958 | 35,602 | — | #6 | #839 |
| 1957 | 42,800 | — | #4 | #891 |
| 1956 | 48,414 | — | #2 | #783 |
| 1955 | 50,638 | — | #4 | #848 |
| 1954 | 45,983 | — | #6 | #764 |
| 1953 | 36,908 | — | #7 | #1,002 |
| 1952 | 26,867 | — | #9 | #1,248 |
| 1951 | 17,088 | — | #18 | #1,529 |
| 1950 | 6,184 | — | #59 | #2,821 |
| 1949 | 2,398 | — | #134 | #3,395 |
| 1948 | 1,125 | — | #218 | — |
| 1947 | 679 | — | #303 | — |
| 1946 | 417 | — | #369 | — |
| 1945 | 205 | — | #511 | — |
| 1944 | 219 | — | #485 | — |
| 1943 | 102 | — | #769 | — |
| 1942 | 107 | — | #720 | — |
| 1941 | 98 | — | #708 | — |
| 1940 | 85 | — | #752 | — |
| 1939 | 74 | — | #798 | — |
| 1938 | 60 | — | #915 | — |
| 1937 | 79 | — | #770 | — |
| 1936 | 56 | — | #913 | — |
| 1935 | 52 | — | #960 | — |
| 1934 | 51 | — | #968 | — |
| 1933 | 37 | — | #1,163 | — |
| 1932 | 26 | — | #1,493 | — |
| 1931 | 16 | — | #2,039 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #2,038 | — |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #2,026 | — |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,649 | — |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,738 | — |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,736 | — |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,987 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,734 | — |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #3,176 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,187 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,058 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | — | #4,376 | — |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,303 | — |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,802 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,583 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,950 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,747 | — |