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.

Debra

#57 most common girls' name of all time · #120 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1914–2025

Rank among girls
#57
Rank overall
#120 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
551,841
Since 2016
433
Peak year
1955 #4
Best rank
#2 1956
Girls Boys peak 50,638/yr
192019401960198020002020

Debra first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 31 — 31 #4,468
2024 43 — 43 #3,582
2023 30 — 30 #4,577
2022 39 — 39 #3,838
2021 44 — 44 #3,500
2020 44 — 44 #3,465
2019 54 — 54 #3,009
2018 50 — 50 #3,214
2017 45 — 45 #3,448
2016 53 — 53 #3,111
2015 38 — 38 #3,927
2014 54 — 54 #3,086
2013 48 — 48 #3,321
2012 68 — 68 #2,634
2011 64 — 64 #2,729
2010 73 — 73 #2,521
2009 81 — 81 #2,382
2008 88 — 88 #2,238
2007 120 — 120 #1,784
2006 118 — 118 #1,763
2005 104 — 104 #1,862
2004 132 — 132 #1,520
2003 123 — 123 #1,565
2002 140 — 140 #1,379
2001 143 — 143 #1,343
2000 164 — 164 #1,212
1999 187 — 187 #1,071
1998 205 — 205 #986
1997 213 — 213 #936
1996 226 — 226 #875
1995 257 — 257 #777
1994 308 — 308 #682
1993 356 — 356 #631
1992 353 — 353 #640
1991 478 — 478 #496
1990 542 — 542 #454
1989 555 — 555 #439
1988 618 — 618 #388
1987 641 — 641 #366
1986 775 — 775 #309
1985 918 — 918 #273
1984 1,020 5 1,025 #245
1983 1,084 9 1,093 #229
1982 1,313 9 1,322 #209
1981 1,341 8 1,349 #202
1980 1,558 — 1,558 #177
1979 1,688 5 1,693 #166
1978 1,870 — 1,870 #147
1977 1,961 7 1,968 #146
1976 2,069 6 2,075 #134
1975 2,444 9 2,453 #114
1974 3,129 6 3,135 #94
1973 3,652 17 3,669 #84
1972 4,666 16 4,682 #66
1971 5,928 20 5,948 #57
1970 7,198 22 7,220 #47
1969 7,951 35 7,986 #43
1968 9,095 32 9,127 #38
1967 10,217 20 10,237 #38
1966 11,261 32 11,293 #35
1965 13,098 36 13,134 #27
1964 15,329 48 15,377 #24
1963 17,335 35 17,370 #21
1962 20,593 45 20,638 #15
1961 22,160 52 22,212 #13
1960 26,732 75 26,807 #8
1959 31,388 67 31,455 #7
1958 35,521 81 35,602 #6
1957 42,728 72 42,800 #4
1956 48,324 90 48,414 #2
1955 50,563 75 50,638 #4
1954 45,896 87 45,983 #6
1953 36,856 52 36,908 #7
1952 26,832 35 26,867 #9
1951 17,064 24 17,088 #18
1950 6,176 8 6,184 #59
1949 2,392 6 2,398 #134
1948 1,125 — 1,125 #218
1947 679 — 679 #303
1946 417 — 417 #369
1945 205 — 205 #512
1944 219 — 219 #485
1943 102 — 102 #775
1942 107 — 107 #724
1941 98 — 98 #711
1940 85 — 85 #760
1939 74 — 74 #804
1938 60 — 60 #922
1937 79 — 79 #774
1936 56 — 56 #919
1935 52 — 52 #964
1934 51 — 51 #972
1933 37 — 37 #1,177
1932 26 — 26 #1,515
1931 16 — 16 #2,094
1930 17 — 17 #2,100
1929 17 — 17 #2,084
1928 12 — 12 #2,748
1927 12 — 12 #2,827
1926 12 — 12 #2,843
1925 11 — 11 #3,077
1924 8 — 8 #3,877
1923 10 — 10 #3,300
1922 5 — 5 #5,326
1920 7 — 7 #4,249
1919 6 — 6 #4,573
1918 9 — 9 #3,459
1917 7 — 7 #3,966
1916 5 — 5 #4,776
1915 9 — 9 #3,106
1914 5 — 5 #4,041