Debbie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Debbie is a feminine given name. It is often short for Debra or Deborah, which means “bee”.

From Wikipedia

Debbie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 135 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 19,542 babies (rank #20 that year). In 2024 it was given to 30 girls (rank #4,570). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Debbie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Debbie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

188,263

Total babies (all years)

135

Years in the data

19,542

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Debbie

Debbie Allenfilm actor · b. 1950
Debbie Ferguson-McKenziesprinter · b. 1976
Debbie Stabenowsocial worker · b. 1950
Debbie Wasserman Schultzcongressional staff · b. 1966

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	6	#767
1884	9	#747
1886	10	#739
1888	7	#1,060
1889	6	#1,170
1890	9	#953
1891	7	#1,119
1892	8	#1,106
1893	5	#1,482
1894	11	#958
1895	9	#1,142
1896	12	#967
1898	6	#1,547
1899	8	#1,197
1900	5	#1,999
1901	9	#1,157
1902	7	#1,479
1903	9	#1,229
1905	11	#1,181
1906	7	#1,593
1907	9	#1,413
1908	7	#1,717
1911	7	#2,015
1912	11	#1,744
1914	8	#2,697
1915	13	#2,286
1916	17	#1,967
1917	6	#4,211
1918	13	#2,557
1919	12	#2,681
1920	12	#2,761
1921	5	#5,296
1922	13	#2,648
1923	9	#3,427
1924	8	#3,733
1925	9	#3,426
1926	12	#2,735
1927	14	#2,457
1928	15	#2,306
1929	12	#2,614
1930	12	#2,579
1931	14	#2,220
1932	19	#1,832
1933	20	#1,731
1934	24	#1,525
1935	27	#1,422
1936	26	#1,450
1937	45	#1,066
1938	51	#995
1939	57	#930
1940	61	#915
1941	76	#831
1942	88	#816
1943	82	#862
1944	132	#640
1945	141	#612
1946	277	#471
1947	598	#318
1948	836	#267
1949	941	#244
1950	1,163	#221
1951	1,709	#175
1952	2,454	#144
1953	3,208	#119
1954	4,664	#92
1955	7,254	#63
1956	9,862	#39
1957	14,383	#27
1958	17,860	#24
1959	19,542	#20
1960	17,060	#24
1961	14,883	#31
1962	13,094	#32
1963	10,444	#41
1964	8,381	#52
1965	6,088	#62
1966	4,845	#73
1967	3,742	#90
1968	3,019	#111
1969	2,652	#127
1970	2,322	#148
1971	2,064	#155
1972	1,585	#182
1973	1,232	#208
1974	1,055	#244
1975	808	#294
1976	700	#319
1977	594	#365
1978	604	#354
1979	552	#396
1980	489	#439
1981	439	#481
1982	413	#492
1983	345	#544
1984	363	#531
1985	311	#609
1986	271	#680
1987	270	#684
1988	262	#715
1989	275	#720
1990	280	#743
1991	229	#872
1992	184	#1,021
1993	178	#1,036
1994	175	#1,045
1995	142	#1,210
1996	131	#1,311
1997	125	#1,370
1998	95	#1,679
1999	89	#1,789
2000	75	#2,148
2001	74	#2,199
2002	75	#2,206
2003	67	#2,445
2004	69	#2,453
2005	42	#3,527
2006	62	#2,819
2007	61	#2,934
2008	44	#3,660
2009	43	#3,690
2010	45	#3,529
2011	30	#4,713
2012	34	#4,318
2013	27	#5,049
2014	39	#3,861
2015	28	#4,888
2016	26	#5,179
2017	24	#5,406
2018	21	#5,833
2019	23	#5,477
2020	19	#6,133
2021	30	#4,535
2022	22	#5,682
2023	29	#4,669
2024	30	#4,570