# Debora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/debora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛbəɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,161 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28 / 30,133 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 191, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 2,597 |
| 2012 | 100 | 1,957 |
| 2013 | 87 | 2,158 |
| 2014 | 87 | 2,182 |
| 2015 | 79 | 2,344 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,098 |
| 2017 | 97 | 2,023 |
| 2018 | 76 | 2,391 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,205 |
| 2020 | 79 | 2,262 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,422 |
| 2022 | 98 | 1,996 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,881 |
| 2024 | 90 | 2,122 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,336 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | 3,628 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,123 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,163 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,184 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,311 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Debora

- Débora Falabella, Brazilian actress, director and producer
- Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress
- Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress, voice actress and model
- Débora Arango, Colombian artist (1907-2005)
- Debora Vaarandi, Estonian writer (1916–2007)
- Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
- Debora Diniz, Brazilian anthropologist
- Débora Lyra, Brazilian model
- Debora Green, American doctor, convicted for murder
- Debinha, Brazilian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.