Debbra vs Debrah
American parents have registered 4,404 Debrahs since 1880, against 3,652 Debbras. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Debbra Debrah
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 69 years in which either name was published, Debrah for 56 years and Debbra for 13 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1934–1963 Debrah ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1964–1967 Debbra ahead
- 1974–1976 Debrah ahead
- 1980–1982 Debbra ahead
- 1983–2010 Debrah ahead
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Debbra | Debrah | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,652 | 4,404 |
| Most in one year | 260 | 312 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 3,100 | 3,700 |
| Median age today | 66 | 67 |
| Peak year | 1955 | 1954 |
| Best rank | 566th girls | 500th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1944 | 1934 |
| Girls / boys | 3,652 / 0 | 4,404 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Debbra Iowa (3.5×), Minnesota (2.7×), Michigan (2.6×)
- Debrah West Virginia (2.4×), Michigan (1.9×), Ohio (1.8×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Debbra and Debrah.