Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Debbie was most popular in 1959, when 19,588 American babies were given the name — ranking #45 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 188,287 people named Debbie.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Debbie is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 136 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 188,287 American births named Debbie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 162,281 are estimated to be alive today.
24 American babies were named Debbie in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Debbie is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 27 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -15% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Debbie is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 188,287 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 162,281 Americans named Debbie are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 66 years old, and half are between 62 and 68. That is a narrow band: Debbie arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Hebrew · diminutive of Deborah, "bee"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org