Feminine dossier · first seen 1923

Debby

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Debby
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1959

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

890

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1923Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

9,697

Debby is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 890 girls were named Debby.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 9,697 Americans have been named Debby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1923.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1959

1959890 girls named Debby

20240 (extinct) girls named Debby

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