Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Debra

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

Endangered Down 99.9% from peak

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

50,560

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1914Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

99.9%

2024

All-time

550,662

Debra 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 1955, when 50,560 girls were named Debra.

In 2024, only 43 girls were given the name.

Down 99.9% from its peak.

All told, about 550,662 Americans have been named Debra and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.9% from peak

In 1955:50,560 girls named Debra

In 2024:43 girls named Debra

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