Debra
Girl · Hebrew
Debra is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Debra mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Debra a girl's or a boy's name?
Debra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Debra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Debra, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 15 girls.
2025 had more girls named Debra than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Debra in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#32) and 1974 (#100).
Debra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Debra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Debra, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 1955, with 50,563 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Debra in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Debra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,514 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 120 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,761 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 132 | #1,519 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 140 | #1,375 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,339 |
| 2000 | 164 | #1,208 |
| 1999 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 1998 | 205 | #985 |
| 1997 | 213 | #929 |
| 1996 | 226 | #875 |
| 1995 | 257 | #775 |
| 1994 | 308 | #682 |
| 1993 | 356 | #631 |
| 1992 | 353 | #638 |
| 1991 | 478 | #496 |
| 1990 | 542 | #453 |
| 1989 | 555 | #438 |
| 1988 | 618 | #388 |
| 1987 | 641 | #366 |
| 1986 | 775 | #309 |
| 1985 | 918 | #273 |
| 1984 | 1,020 | #245 |
| 1983 | 1,084 | #229 |
| 1982 | 1,313 | #209 |
| 1981 | 1,341 | #202 |
| 1980 | 1,558 | #177 |
| 1979 | 1,688 | #166 |
| 1978 | 1,870 | #147 |
| 1977 | 1,961 | #146 |
| 1976 | 2,069 | #134 |
| 1975 | 2,444 | #114 |
| 1974 | 3,129 | #94 |
| 1973 | 3,652 | #84 |
| 1972 | 4,666 | #66 |
| 1971 | 5,928 | #57 |
| 1970 | 7,198 | #47 |
| 1969 | 7,951 | #43 |
| 1968 | 9,095 | #38 |
| 1967 | 10,217 | #38 |
| 1966 | 11,261 | #35 |
| 1965 | 13,098 | #27 |
| 1964 | 15,329 | #24 |
| 1963 | 17,335 | #21 |
| 1962 | 20,593 | #15 |
| 1961 | 22,160 | #13 |
| 1960 | 26,732 | #8 |
| 1959 | 31,388 | #7 |
| 1958 | 35,521 | #6 |
| 1957 | 42,728 | #4 |
| 1956 | 48,324 | #2 |
| 1955 | 50,563 | #4 |
| 1954 | 45,896 | #6 |
| 1953 | 36,856 | #7 |
| 1952 | 26,832 | #9 |
| 1951 | 17,064 | #18 |
| 1950 | 6,176 | #59 |
| 1949 | 2,392 | #134 |
| 1948 | 1,125 | #218 |
| 1947 | 679 | #303 |
| 1946 | 417 | #369 |
| 1945 | 205 | #511 |
| 1944 | 219 | #484 |
| 1943 | 102 | #768 |
| 1942 | 107 | #720 |
| 1941 | 98 | #707 |
| 1940 | 85 | #752 |
| 1939 | 74 | #797 |
| 1938 | 60 | #914 |
| 1937 | 79 | #768 |
| 1936 | 56 | #909 |
| 1935 | 52 | #960 |
| 1934 | 51 | #966 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,158 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
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