first name
DEBORA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,023 people named Debora, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 13.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Debora peaked in 1957, when 2,371 babies got the name.
At least 30,161 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Debora by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #395. The largest share of babies named Debora, 71.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Debora is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Debora has been most common in Maine (2.3×), South Dakota (1.6×), and Hawaii (1.4×), and least common in Arizona (0.54×).
27,347 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 Debora
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Debora, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Debora ranks #78,395 of 156,621, with 263 people. See Debora as a last name
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