Deb
Deb is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 641st, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1958236 births
- Best rank
- #641in 1958
- Since 1953
- 1,450people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,450 girls have been named Deb in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 236 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 236 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 53%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1958, its biggest year
Deb was the 641st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Deb
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Debipeak 1958
- Debbiepeak 1959
- Barbpeak 1960
- Bevpeak 1959
- Debbipeak 1958
- Pampeak 1959
- Debbypeak 1959
- Deborapeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.