How Many People Are Named Debra?
people named Debra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 742 people in the US has this name
Based on 551,841 babies named Debra in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
50,638 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DEBORAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Debra in English. Counting Debra 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 Debra (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Debra alive today is about 65 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Debra first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1955, to 50,638 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Debra reached #2 among girls' names in 1956, and was in the top 10 for 9 years, 1952 to 1960. In 2025 it ranked #4,477.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,477 |
| Best rank | #2 (1956) |
| Years in the top 10 | 9 |
| Years in the top 100 | 25 (1950 to 1974) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Debra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Debra were born in California than in any other state: about 36,846 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Debra was given 1.5 times as often in Wyoming, 1.4 times in Iowa and 1.4 times in Idaho.
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