Deborah Name Popularity

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How popular is Deborah?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Deborah, ranked the 779th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Deborah has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Position 2, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1955.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1954 with 54,677 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Deborah in any given year was 10 in 1886.

Deborah, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1907-1915, 1925-1934, and 1935-1954, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1955-1988, and 1989-1995.

The popularity trend for Deborah has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Deborah has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Deborah?

Deborah's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Deborah still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Deborah is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Deborah (Girl)		Deborah (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		347	779	< 5	--
2017		355	773	< 5	--
2016		349	819	< 5	--
2015		348	806	< 5	--
2014		372	752	< 5	--
2013		330	815	< 5	--
2012		337	793	< 5	--
2011		332	810	< 5	--
2010		354	775	< 5	--
2009		346	815	< 5	--
2008		356	808	< 5	--
2007		372	777	< 5	--
2006		424	672	< 5	--
2005		425	652	< 5	--
2004		427	639	< 5	--
2003		421	635	< 5	--
2002		474	559	< 5	--
2001		490	543	< 5	--
2000		546	494	< 5	--
1999		524	496	< 5	--
1998		553	467	< 5	--
1997		639	410	< 5	--
1996		634	410	< 5	--
1995		659	398	< 5	--
1994		739	355	< 5	--
1993		796	328	< 5	--
1992		919	301	< 5	--
1991		1,015	272	< 5	--
1990		1,094	262	5	8,406
1989		1,076	251	10	4,899
1988		1,056	250	< 5	--
1987		1,204	222	7	5,627
1986		1,285	202	7	5,463
1985		1,400	192	7	5,273
1984		1,468	187	6	5,739
1983		1,606	172	6	5,655
1982		1,843	160	9	4,308
1981		1,906	148	7	5,051
1980		1,937	146	7	5,052
1979		2,180	132	13	3,211
1978		2,479	118	12	3,253
1977		2,676	109	21	2,224
1976		2,992	96	17	2,529
1975		3,413	86	15	2,671
1974		4,343	68	20	2,145
1973		4,981	56	30	1,590
1972		6,273	43	23	1,878
1971		8,673	33	36	1,420
1970		9,848	33	28	1,628
1969		11,188	27	32	1,420
1968		12,286	27	34	1,322
1967		14,006	22	50	1,035
1966		16,250	14	46	1,091
1965		17,083	13	43	1,145
1964		19,305	12	63	962
1963		21,059	13	53	1,041
1962		22,894	9	51	1,076
1961		24,093	10	57	1,037
1960		25,265	10	64	947
1959		29,552	9	69	921
1958		32,937	7	77	862
1957		40,071	6	84	824
1956		47,837	4	93	765
1955		52,315	2	100	729
1954		54,677	3	80	808
1953		52,201	3	82	789
1952		49,814	4	94	726
1951		42,052	4	62	893
1950		29,063	7	47	1,024
1949		19,209	15	28	1,387
1948		11,244	30	26	1,434
1947		5,838	62	11	2,401
1946		2,471	119	10	2,435
1945		1,463	161	< 5	--
1944		1,293	168	5	3,538
1943		786	241	6	3,300
1942		676	264	< 5	--
1941		608	259	< 5	--
1940		470	291	< 5	--
1939		443	293	6	3,192
1938		410	308	< 5	--
1937		322	358	< 5	--
1936		300	366	< 5	--
1935		281	378	< 5	--
1934		280	383	< 5	--
1933		242	410	< 5	--
1932		207	455	< 5	--
1931		158	524	< 5	--
1930		165	529	< 5	--
1929		161	534	< 5	--
1928		130	618	< 5	--
1927		91	759	< 5	--
1926		116	675	< 5	--
1925		82	821	< 5	--
1924		125	664	< 5	--
1923		118	684	< 5	--
1922		71	868	< 5	--
1921		94	754	< 5	--
1920		82	799	< 5	--
1919		70	834	< 5	--
1918		92	744	< 5	--
1917		89	747	< 5	--
1916		90	718	< 5	--
1915		106	641	< 5	--
1914		62	727	< 5	--
1913		42	811	< 5	--
1912		32	892	< 5	--
1911		36	723	< 5	--
1910		33	740	< 5	--
1909		26	798	< 5	--
1908		25	775	< 5	--
1907		21	823	< 5	--
1906		25	732	< 5	--
1905		18	879	< 5	--
1904		23	728	< 5	--
1903		21	740	< 5	--
1902		21	760	< 5	--
1901		21	703	< 5	--
1900		26	707	< 5	--
1899		11	995	< 5	--
1898		21	724	< 5	--
1897		23	647	< 5	--
1896		18	763	< 5	--
1895		13	900	< 5	--
1894		18	700	< 5	--
1893		24	577	< 5	--
1892		16	734	< 5	--
1891		15	699	< 5	--
1890		24	540	< 5	--
1889		12	763	< 5	--
1888		26	489	< 5	--
1887		15	591	< 5	--
1886		10	740	< 5	--
1885		10	701	< 5	--
1884		13	591	< 5	--
1883		16	484	< 5	--
1882		15	476	< 5	--
1881		14	452	< 5	--
1880		12	499	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.