How rare is the name Debi?

4,900 people in the United States have the first name Debi, about 1 in 61,639. It ranks #3,973 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DEBI

#3,973

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,900
About
1 in 61,639
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,900 people named Debi, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as two or more races. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Debi peaked in 1958, when 504 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462006
Peak year
1958
Births that year
504
In 2006
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,823 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Debi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,217. The largest share of babies named Debi, 80.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#6,98649
1950s#1,2171,857
1960s#1,4411,493
1970s#4,433270
1980s#9,163115
1990s#24,01728
2000s#39,54011
Baby boom 1946–6480.1%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%

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 Debi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Debi has been most common in Oregon (3.4×), Washington (3×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.64×).

2,464 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.

Exactly as common as Debi

1 other first name also has 4,900 people.

#3,973 Jannie · 4,900

Either side of Debi

#3,971 Cambria · 4,903#3,972 Lizabeth · 4,901#3,973 Jannie · 4,900#3,975 Twyla · 4,896

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,245 Deb · 11,607#5,850 Debbi · 2,838#5,987 Devi · 2,751#17,267 Debie · 642#24,676 Deby · 389#37,508 Deba · 208#42,918 Debe · 166

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