Debbie
Girl · DEB-ee · Hebrew
Debbie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “bee”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Debbie mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Deborah
“bee”
A pet form of Deborah, the prophetess and judge of Israel in the Book of Judges.
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Is Debbie a girl's or a boy's name?
Debbie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Debbie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Debbie, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 56 girls.
2025 had more girls named Debbie than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Debbie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#92) and 1974 (#96).
Debbie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 29 | #854 |
| 1996 | 56 | #523 |
How popular is Debbie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Debbie, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 19,540 girls.
Half of all the girls named Debbie in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Debbie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,366 |
| 1996 | 131 | #1,309 |
| 1995 | 142 | #1,206 |
| 1994 | 175 | #1,041 |
| 1993 | 178 | #1,032 |
| 1992 | 184 | #1,019 |
| 1991 | 228 | #870 |
| 1990 | 280 | #741 |
| 1989 | 275 | #718 |
| 1988 | 262 | #715 |
| 1987 | 270 | #684 |
| 1986 | 271 | #680 |
| 1985 | 311 | #609 |
| 1984 | 363 | #529 |
| 1983 | 344 | #544 |
| 1982 | 413 | #492 |
| 1981 | 439 | #481 |
| 1980 | 489 | #439 |
| 1979 | 552 | #396 |
| 1978 | 603 | #354 |
| 1977 | 594 | #365 |
| 1976 | 700 | #319 |
| 1975 | 808 | #294 |
| 1974 | 1,055 | #244 |
| 1973 | 1,232 | #208 |
| 1972 | 1,586 | #182 |
| 1971 | 2,064 | #155 |
| 1970 | 2,322 | #148 |
| 1969 | 2,652 | #127 |
| 1968 | 3,019 | #111 |
| 1967 | 3,742 | #90 |
| 1966 | 4,846 | #73 |
| 1965 | 6,088 | #62 |
| 1964 | 8,381 | #52 |
| 1963 | 10,444 | #41 |
| 1962 | 13,092 | #32 |
| 1961 | 14,882 | #31 |
| 1960 | 17,067 | #24 |
| 1959 | 19,540 | #20 |
| 1958 | 17,860 | #24 |
| 1957 | 14,382 | #27 |
| 1956 | 9,863 | #39 |
| 1955 | 7,254 | #63 |
| 1954 | 4,664 | #92 |
| 1953 | 3,208 | #119 |
| 1952 | 2,454 | #144 |
| 1951 | 1,709 | #175 |
| 1950 | 1,163 | #221 |
| 1949 | 941 | #244 |
| 1948 | 836 | #267 |
| 1947 | 598 | #318 |
| 1946 | 277 | #471 |
| 1945 | 141 | #610 |
| 1944 | 132 | #638 |
| 1943 | 82 | #861 |
| 1942 | 88 | #814 |
| 1941 | 76 | #830 |
| 1940 | 61 | #915 |
| 1939 | 57 | #930 |
| 1938 | 51 | #992 |
| 1937 | 45 | #1,063 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 12 | #950 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
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