Debra

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Debra

Say it: DEB-ruh

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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

010203018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1955per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 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

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

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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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.