Debi
Recorded 1946–2006 · United States
Debi was most popular in 1958, when 504 American babies were given the name — ranking #742 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,823 people named Debi.
Debi over time
How old is the name Debi?
Debi first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1946, which makes it about 79 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 80 years since. It was last recorded in 2006.
How many people are named Debi?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,823 American births named Debi 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 3,309 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Debi in 2025?
Debi was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Debi a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Debi is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,823 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.
How old is someone named Debi?
Roughly 3,309 Americans named Debi are alive today — 87% 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: Debi 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.
Where Debi is most concentrated
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