Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Debby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Debby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Debby” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Debby” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Debby” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Debby” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Debby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Debby” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 100%
1939 14 0.000006354 14 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 29 0.000010616 29 100%
1943 26 0.000009211 26 100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 100%
1945 36 0.00001357 36 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 125 0.0000347 125 100%
1948 207 0.000059956 207 100%
1949 203 0.000058253 203 100%
1950 212 0.000060513 212 100%
1951 233 0.000063251 233 100%
1952 244 0.000064244 244 100%
1953 277 0.00007188 277 100%
1954 303 0.000076117 303 100%
1955 384 0.000095639 384 100%
1956 461 0.000111811 461 100%
1957 661 0.000157301 661 100%
1958 795 0.000192312 795 100%
1959 890 0.000214046 890 100%
1960 669 0.000161057 669 100%
1961 590 0.000142433 590 100%
1962 502 0.0001244 502 100%
1963 433 0.000109393 433 100%
1964 332 0.0000854 332 100%
1965 262 0.000072267 262 100%
1966 183 0.000052652 183 100%
1967 157 0.000046246 157 100%
1968 120 0.00003552 120 100%
1969 106 0.000030501 106 100%
1970 110 0.0000305 110 100%
1971 87 0.000025347 87 100%
1972 60 0.00001909 60 100%
1973 64 0.000021214 64 100%
1974 52 0.000017105 52 100%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 100%
1976 27 0.000008898 27 100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 100%
1978 44 0.000013863 44 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 100%
1981 35 0.000010117 35 100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 100%
1983 21 0.000006064 21 100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 100%
1986 15 0.000004217 15 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 100%

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