How Many People Are Named Deborah?
people named Deborah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 560 people in the US has this name
Based on 744,478 babies named Deborah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
54,754 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "bee" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Book of Judges, Deborah is a heroine and prophetess who leads the Israelites when they are threatened by the Canaanites. She forms an army under the command of Barak, and together they destroy the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera. Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of the nurse of Rebecca.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Deborah in English. Counting Deborah and these spellings together, about 1,069,815 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Deborah (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Deborah alive today is about 65 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Deborah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1954, to 54,754 babies. In 2025, 313 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Deborah reached #2 among girls' names in 1955, and was in the top 10 for 13 years, 1950 to 1962. In 2025 it ranked #864.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #864 |
| Best rank | #2 (1955) |
| Years in the top 10 | 13 |
| Years in the top 100 | 30 (1947 to 1976) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Deborah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Deborah were born in New York than in any other state: about 56,004 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Deborah was given 1.6 times as often in Delaware, 1.5 times in Maryland and 1.5 times in Rhode Island.
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