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Deborah name popularity by year

Deborah: 54,674 US girls in 1954; 313 in 2025. Annual usage fell 99.4% from its 1950–2025 peak, in Social Security records.

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  • Deborah: 29,063 in 1950, 313 in 2025 (99% lower). It peaked at 54,674 in 1954.

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The gap between Deborah's peak and its recent usage is substantial: 54,674 US girls in 1954, compared with 313 in 2025. The count was 29,063 in 1950 and 546 in 2000. By 2025, it was 313, a decline of 99.4% from the peak displayed. The annual chart follows this exact spelling, rather than grouping together similar names or nicknames.

The more recent observations show 355 girls named Deborah in 2010 and 291 in 2020. Social Security counts names from applications associated with a birth year; these totals do not count everyone alive who has the name. The source suppresses names used fewer than five times, but every year shown here has a published count.

The data

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count.

The rise and fall of Deborah, US girls named Deborah, 1950–2025, 1950–2025
DateDeborah
195029,063
195142,053
195249,811
195352,199
195454,674
195552,318
195647,834
195740,096
195832,943
195929,546
196025,266
196124,107
196222,889
196321,053
196419,306
196517,081
196616,250
196714,012
196812,288
196911,187
19709,845
19718,675
19726,271
19734,980
19744,343
19753,414
19762,992
19772,676
19782,479
19792,180
19801,937
19811,907
19821,840
19831,609
19841,468
19851,400
19861,287
19871,203
19881,056
19891,076
19901,095
19911,014
1992919
1993798
1994738
1995659
1996635
1997638
1998554
1999524
2000546
2001490
2002474
2003423
2004427
2005425
2006425
2007372
2008356
2009346
2010355
2011332
2012337
2013330
2014373
2015350
2016349
2017357
2018350
2019296
2020291
2021295
2022301
2023267
2024317
2025313

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How popular is the name Deborah?

Social Security recorded 313 US girls named Deborah in 2025, the latest birth year in this series. The annual count was 99.4% below its displayed peak.

When was Deborah most popular?

Within the 1950–2025 series, Deborah reached its highest annual count in 1954, with 54,674 girls. This identifies the highest count, not the name’s rank or its share of all births.

What does the name count include?

The figures cover US girls recorded under the exact spelling Deborah in Social Security applications, grouped by birth year. They are annual name counts, not the number of living people with the name.

Where does this data come from?

U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names from Social Security card applications (names given to 5 or more babies). Retrieved November 5, 2026. US girls with this exact spelling, by birth year. Counts reflect Social Security applications, not all people currently bearing the name. Names with fewer than five occurrences are suppressed; every displayed year has a reported count. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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