Debora Girl
How popular is Debora?
#2,326 girl name in 2025
78 baby girls were named Debora in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
Debora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,326 for girls (▼ 208 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 78 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,340 in 2015, #2,257 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (2,371 girls) |
| Highest rank | #161 in 1956 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Debora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Deborah family of names ranked #685 for girls in 2025 (#670 the year before), with 391 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah | 313 | 80% |
| Debora | 78 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Debora is most popular
Babies named Debora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
Debora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,256 |
| 1920s | 24 | #3,377 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,417 |
| 1940s | 513 | #603 |
| 1950s | 14,919 | #161 |
| 1960s | 9,632 | #215 |
| 1970s | 1,721 | #502 |
| 1980s | 587 | #1,653 |
| 1990s | 583 | #1,962 |
| 2000s | 687 | #2,267 |
| 2010s | 863 | #1,955 |
| 2020s | 525 | #1,878 |
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Questions
- Is Debora a boy or girl name?
- Debora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Debora were girls.
- How popular is the name Debora?
- 78 baby girls were named Debora in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
- When was Debora most popular?
- Debora peaked in 1957, when 2,371 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #161, held for 2 years starting in 1956.
- How many people are named Debora?
- 30,161 babies have been named Debora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,088 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Debora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Debora was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.