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How popular is “Debbie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Debbie” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Debbie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Debbie” 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
1880 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 11 0.000032478 11 100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 19 0.000008999 19 100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 100%
1936 26 0.000012515 26 100%
1937 45 0.00002112 45 100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 100%
1939 57 0.000025869 57 100%
1940 61 0.000026491 61 100%
1941 76 0.000031193 76 100%
1942 88 0.000032213 88 100%
1943 82 0.000029052 82 100%
1944 132 0.000049069 132 100%
1945 141 0.000053149 141 100%
1946 277 0.00008669 277 100%
1947 598 0.000166004 598 100%
1948 836 0.000242142 836 100%
1949 941 0.000270032 941 100%
1950 1163 0.000331967 1163 100%
1951 1709 0.000463931 1709 100%
1952 2460 0.000647708 2454 6 100%
1953 3214 0.000834016 3208 6 100%
1954 4680 0.00117567 4664 16 99%
1955 7277 0.001812417 7254 23 99%
1956 9882 0.002396777 9862 20 100%
1957 14421 0.00343182 14383 38 99%
1958 17901 0.004330289 17860 41 100%
1959 19590 0.004711409 19542 48 100%
1960 17091 0.004114531 17060 31 100%
1961 14909 0.003599207 14883 26 100%
1962 13122 0.003251745 13094 28 100%
1963 10468 0.002644636 10444 24 100%
1964 8401 0.002160971 8381 20 100%
1965 6101 0.001682826 6088 13 100%
1966 4859 0.00139801 4845 14 99%
1967 3748 0.00110401 3742 6 100%
1968 3027 0.000895983 3019 8 99%
1969 2663 0.00076626 2652 11 99%
1970 2330 0.000646053 2322 8 99%
1971 2077 0.000605124 2064 13 99%
1972 1593 0.000506842 1585 8 99%
1973 1240 0.00041102 1232 8 99%
1974 1063 0.000349671 1055 8 98%
1975 813 0.000269259 808 5 99%
1976 700 0.000230696 700 100%
1977 594 0.000186999 594 100%
1978 604 0.000190304 604 100%
1979 558 0.000167719 552 6 98%
1980 489 0.000141965 489 100%
1981 439 0.000126902 439 100%
1982 413 0.000117732 413 100%
1983 345 0.000099615 345 100%
1984 363 0.000104049 363 100%
1985 311 0.000087137 311 100%
1986 271 0.000076186 271 100%
1987 270 0.000074883 270 100%
1988 262 0.000070906 262 100%
1989 275 0.000071532 275 100%
1990 280 0.000070842 280 100%
1991 229 0.000058789 229 100%
1992 184 0.000047901 184 100%
1993 178 0.000047211 178 100%
1994 175 0.000047073 175 100%
1995 142 0.000038775 142 100%
1996 131 0.000035918 131 100%
1997 125 0.000034476 125 100%
1998 95 0.000025828 95 100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 100%
2000 75 0.000019842 75 100%
2001 74 0.000019768 74 100%
2002 75 0.000020063 75 100%
2003 67 0.000017621 67 100%
2004 69 0.000018058 69 100%
2005 42 0.000010924 42 100%
2006 62 0.000015672 62 100%
2007 61 0.000015259 61 100%
2008 44 0.000011194 44 100%
2009 43 0.000011256 43 100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 100%
2011 30 0.000008202 30 100%
2012 34 0.000009296 34 100%
2013 27 0.000007406 27 100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 100%
2015 28 0.000007566 28 100%
2016 26 0.000007087 26 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 21 0.000005973 21 100%
2019 23 0.000006626 23 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 100%
2022 22 0.000006503 22 100%
2023 29 0.000008758 29 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

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