NameTides

Deborah

Deborah was the #862 girls' name in the US in 2025 (313 babies), and #580 in England & Wales and #671 in Canada.

Deborah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Deborah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Deborah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#862 (313)#580 (68)#539 (5)—#608 (5)#671 (45)—
2024#852 (317)#708 (53)#790 (3)—#736 (4)#678 (43)—
2023#967 (267)#657 (55)———#729 (38)—
2022#910 (301)#857 (41)——#905 (3)#615 (46)—
2021#910 (295)#801 (45)———#877 (32)—
2020#904 (291)#941 (37)——#700 (4)#565 (51)—
2019#899 (296)#590 (67)——#551 (6)#581 (53)—
2018#781 (350)#633 (64)#809 (3)—#568 (6)#610 (49)—
2017#773 (357)#728 (56)——#873 (3)#816 (34)—
2016#822 (349)#544 (78)———#571 (54)—
2015#804 (350)#686 (59)#566 (5)—#660 (5)#711 (40)—
2014#752 (373)#547 (77)——#536 (7)#656 (46)—
2013#815 (330)#575 (71)——#491 (8)#724 (39)—
2012#793 (337)#587 (72)#815 (3)#451 (3)#768 (4)#966 (27)—
2011#810 (332)#502 (84)#515 (6)—#695 (5)#744 (37)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1954 at #3.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Deborah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Deborah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #948CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #598FL
Deborah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5009
Ontario2024#78315

Deborah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeborahCanadaGirls#67145
DeborahEngland & WalesGirls#58068
DeborahIrelandGirls#6085
DeborahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DeborahNSWGirls—too few
DeborahScotlandGirls#5395
DeborahUSGirls#862313
DeborahUSBoys—too few