Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Deborah

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

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

54,675

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

316

All-time

742,504

Deborah once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 54,675 girls were named Deborah.

In 2024, only 316 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 742,504 Americans have been named Deborah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

In 1954:54,675 girls named Deborah

In 2024:316 girls named Deborah

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