How Many People Are Named Deb?
people named Deb are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 278,553 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,450 babies named Deb in Social Security records from 1953 to 1972, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
236 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DEBORAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Deb in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Deb alive today is about 65 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Deb first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1958, to 236 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1972.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 1972
🏆 Rank History
Deb has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #642, in 1958.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #642 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,146 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Deb alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Deb were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 233 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Deb was given 5.5 times as often in Michigan, 4.8 times in Minnesota and 4.3 times in Iowa.
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