Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Deborah

#32 most common girls' name of all time · #78 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#32
Rank overall
#78 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
744,478
Since 2016
3,136
Peak year
1954 #3
Best rank
#2 1955
Girls Boys peak 54,754/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Deborah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 313 — 313 #862
2024 317 — 317 #853
2023 267 — 267 #967
2022 301 — 301 #911
2021 295 — 295 #910
2020 291 — 291 #904
2019 296 — 296 #899
2018 350 — 350 #781
2017 357 — 357 #773
2016 349 — 349 #822
2015 350 — 350 #804
2014 373 — 373 #752
2013 330 — 330 #815
2012 337 — 337 #793
2011 332 — 332 #810
2010 355 — 355 #774
2009 346 — 346 #817
2008 356 — 356 #808
2007 372 — 372 #777
2006 425 — 425 #672
2005 425 — 425 #652
2004 427 — 427 #640
2003 423 — 423 #632
2002 474 — 474 #559
2001 490 — 490 #543
2000 546 — 546 #494
1999 524 — 524 #496
1998 554 — 554 #465
1997 638 — 638 #411
1996 635 — 635 #410
1995 659 — 659 #398
1994 738 — 738 #355
1993 798 — 798 #328
1992 919 — 919 #303
1991 1,014 — 1,014 #271
1990 1,095 5 1,100 #262
1989 1,076 10 1,086 #251
1988 1,056 — 1,056 #250
1987 1,203 7 1,210 #222
1986 1,287 7 1,294 #202
1985 1,400 7 1,407 #192
1984 1,468 6 1,474 #187
1983 1,609 6 1,615 #171
1982 1,840 9 1,849 #160
1981 1,907 7 1,914 #148
1980 1,937 7 1,944 #146
1979 2,180 13 2,193 #132
1978 2,479 12 2,491 #118
1977 2,676 21 2,697 #109
1976 2,992 17 3,009 #96
1975 3,414 15 3,429 #86
1974 4,343 20 4,363 #68
1973 4,980 30 5,010 #56
1972 6,271 23 6,294 #43
1971 8,675 36 8,711 #33
1970 9,845 28 9,873 #33
1969 11,187 32 11,219 #27
1968 12,288 34 12,322 #27
1967 14,012 50 14,062 #22
1966 16,250 46 16,296 #14
1965 17,081 44 17,125 #13
1964 19,306 62 19,368 #12
1963 21,053 53 21,106 #13
1962 22,889 51 22,940 #9
1961 24,107 56 24,163 #10
1960 25,266 64 25,330 #10
1959 29,546 69 29,615 #9
1958 32,943 77 33,020 #7
1957 40,096 84 40,180 #6
1956 47,834 93 47,927 #4
1955 52,318 100 52,418 #2
1954 54,674 80 54,754 #3
1953 52,199 82 52,281 #3
1952 49,811 94 49,905 #4
1951 42,053 62 42,115 #4
1950 29,063 47 29,110 #7
1949 19,209 28 19,237 #15
1948 11,244 26 11,270 #30
1947 5,837 11 5,848 #62
1946 2,471 10 2,481 #119
1945 1,462 — 1,462 #161
1944 1,293 5 1,298 #168
1943 785 6 791 #242
1942 676 — 676 #265
1941 607 — 607 #259
1940 470 — 470 #291
1939 443 6 449 #293
1938 410 — 410 #308
1937 322 — 322 #358
1936 300 — 300 #367
1935 281 — 281 #378
1934 280 — 280 #383
1933 242 — 242 #410
1932 207 — 207 #455
1931 158 — 158 #524
1930 165 — 165 #529
1929 161 — 161 #534
1928 130 — 130 #618
1927 91 — 91 #757
1926 116 — 116 #675
1925 82 — 82 #819
1924 125 — 125 #664
1923 118 — 118 #684
1922 71 — 71 #866
1921 94 — 94 #754
1920 82 — 82 #800
1919 70 — 70 #833
1918 92 — 92 #744
1917 89 — 89 #747
1916 90 — 90 #718
1915 105 — 105 #644
1914 62 — 62 #729
1913 42 — 42 #810
1912 32 — 32 #891
1911 36 — 36 #723
1910 33 — 33 #741
1909 26 — 26 #793
1908 25 — 25 #773
1907 21 — 21 #820
1906 24 — 24 #745
1905 18 — 18 #875
1904 23 — 23 #730
1903 21 — 21 #737
1902 21 — 21 #759
1901 21 — 21 #703
1900 26 — 26 #709
1899 11 — 11 #984
1898 21 — 21 #724
1897 23 — 23 #648
1896 18 — 18 #760
1895 13 — 13 #894
1894 18 — 18 #700
1893 24 — 24 #578
1892 16 — 16 #728
1891 15 — 15 #701
1890 24 — 24 #541
1889 12 — 12 #759
1888 26 — 26 #491
1887 15 — 15 #590
1886 10 — 10 #732
1885 10 — 10 #698
1884 13 — 13 #588
1883 16 — 16 #488
1882 15 — 15 #483
1881 14 — 14 #460
1880 12 — 12 #499