How Many People Are Named Debora?

25,704

people named Debora are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 13,296 people in the US has this name

Based on 30,161 babies named Debora in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,399

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#744

See the top 100

Peak Year

1957

2,371 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, German, Dutch
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Debora (99.9%) were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Debora alive today is about 60 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 69 in 2025.

Under 30 2,295
8.9%
30 to 59 4,876
19%
60 and over 18,533
72.1%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Debora first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1957, to 2,371 babies. In 2025, 78 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Debora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #161, in 1956 to 1957. In 2025 it ranked #2,336.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,336
Best rank#161 (1956 to 1957)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#209 in the 1950s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Debora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Debora were born in California than in any other state: about 2,701 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Debora was given 2.1 times as often in Maine, 1.6 times in South Dakota and 1.4 times in Hawaii.

California 2,701
New York 2,008
Texas 1,636
Ohio 1,482
Pennsylvania 1,310
Illinois 1,111
Michigan 1,041
Florida 800
Massachusetts 784
Indiana 555
New Jersey 517
Georgia 503
Virginia 497
Missouri 490
Wisconsin 480
North Carolina 477
Minnesota 427
Washington 420
Kentucky 402
Tennessee 402
Iowa 375
Maryland 362
Louisiana 299
Alabama 289
Colorado 274
West Virginia 259
Kansas 256
Oklahoma 255
Mississippi 249
Maine 235
Oregon 222
South Carolina 220
Connecticut 220
Arkansas 217
Nebraska 207
Arizona 154
District of Columbia 140
South Dakota 127
Utah 107
Rhode Island 103
Hawaii 103
New Mexico 98
Montana 84
North Dakota 73
Idaho 64
New Hampshire 59
Delaware 39
Vermont 33
Wyoming 16
Alaska 15
Nevada 5

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