Girl · Hebrew, through English
Debra
Say it: DEB-ruh
Meaning
A 20th-century American spelling of Deborah, Hebrew 'bee'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Mostly given in the 1950s and 1960s, when it ranked in the US top ten; it is now rare.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 551,644 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1955, about 1 in 39 girls
- 44 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Debra Winger, US actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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