first name
DEBRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 465,857 people named Debra, 84.8% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as Black and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 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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Debra peaked in 1955, when 50,638 babies got the name.
At least 551,841 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Debra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #17. The largest share of babies named Debra, 81.4%, 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 Debra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Debra has been most common in Wyoming (1.7×), Wisconsin (1.6×), and Iowa (1.6×), and least common in Arizona (0.55×).
548,087 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 Debra
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Debra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Debra ranks #71,480 of 156,621, with 294 people. See Debra as a last name
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