Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Deb” in the USA?

Number of people named “Deb” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Deb” 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 “Deb” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Deb” by birth year

This chart shows how “Deb” 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
1953 7 0.000001816 7 100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 100%
1956 64 0.000015523 64 100%
1957 172 0.000040931 172 100%
1958 236 0.000057089 236 100%
1959 236 0.000056758 236 100%
1960 201 0.000048389 201 100%
1961 144 0.000034763 144 100%
1962 104 0.000025772 104 100%
1963 81 0.000020464 81 100%
1964 61 0.000015691 61 100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%

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