How rare is the name Deb?

11,607 people in the United States have the first name Deb, about 1 in 26,021. It ranks #2,245 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DEB

#2,245

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,607
About
1 in 26,021
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,607 people named Deb, 92.7% reported their origin as White, 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as Black. 98.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deb peaked in 1958, when 236 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19531972
Peak year
1958
Births that year
236
In 1972
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,450 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Deb by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,918. The largest share of babies named Deb, 93.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1950s#1,918771
1960s#2,213667
1970s#19,64012
Baby boom 1946–6493.9%
Generation X 1965–806.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deb is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deb has been most common in Michigan (6.9×), Minnesota (5.3×), and Nebraska (4.8×), and least common in Illinois (0.87×).

1,058 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Deb

#2,243 Mavis · 11,616#2,244 Ace · 11,608#2,246 Krishna · 11,606#2,247 Jacques · 11,599

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deb, most common first.

#3,973 Debi · 4,900#5,044 Dev · 3,494#22,738 Dep · 435#24,676 Deby · 389#37,508 Deba · 208#42,918 Debe · 166

Also a last name

As a last name, Deb ranks #23,761 of 156,621, with 1,101 people. See Deb as a last name

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