Baby name

Deborah

Girl

Origin of the name

Deborah comes, through Latin, from the Hebrew dvora, “bee.” In the Bible, Deborah is a prophetess and a judge of Israel.

Short-lived name

Deborah peaked in 1954, when 1 baby in 73 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 299 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 862. 58% of all babies named Deborah since 1880 were born in the 1950s.

742,820births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 3rank at its peak, in 1954

Where babies named Deborah are born

1954

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Deborah is most common in District of Columbia (2.1 times), Rhode Island (1.8) and Delaware (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Debora 30,133
Devorah 4,789
Debrah 4,404

Names from the same era

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