Debbie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Debbie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Debbie: Recorded since 1957, its highest recorded position is #31, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#926
1998	#1076
1999	#1060
2000	#1250
2001	#1617
2002	#1784
2003	#1996
2004	#1617
2005	#1406
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#1641
2009	#2148
2010	#2843
2011	#2432
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2014	#2464
2015	#2496
2016	#3609
2017	#3583
2018	#2499
2019	#4686
2020	#3117
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2023	#2504
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 51 years from 1970 to 2020.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3117 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1957–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #63 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1957–1975
Highest recorded position: #31 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1959 (recorded 1957–1975).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Debbie appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 31 ranked years and 204 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1957.

Debbie across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Debbie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#251 (1981)	#834 (2020)	31 of 51	204 (1970–2020)	17 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#571 (1996)	#571 (1996)	#2771 (2024)	29 of 29	334 (1996–2024)	43 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#63 (1957)	#31 (1959)	#89 (1975)	19 of 19	3,457 (1957–1975)	354 (1960)
New Zealand · Girls	#82 (1960)	#68 (1962)	#95 (1975)	16 of 16	1,389 (1960–1975)	115 (1962)

Debbie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Debbie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	31	6 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
1990s	38	7 of 10	5
2000s	25	5 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Debbie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New South Wales, Australia in 1959.

Debbie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#926	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	253	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	308	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	350	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	354	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	323	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	266	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New Zealand	female	#95	58	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#97	63	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#90	69	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#73	84	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#90	79	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#80	85	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#74	91	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#73	100	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#70	95	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#74	87	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#68	98	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#77	89	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#83	95	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#68	115	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#83	92	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#82	89	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	17	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1957 and 2024, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 1959.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 354 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1960.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1960, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Debora · #587, 22y
Deborah · #3, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maureen · #31, 70y
Carolyn · #32, 68y
Celine · #32, 62y
Cora · #33, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Henriette · #31, 71y
Janine · #31, 59y
Maureen · #31, 70y
Owen · #31, 70y

Debbie was ranked #31 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1959. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Debbie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Debbie without appearing here.

Debbie moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #4709.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4645 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #4843.
Karen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Debbie

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2040.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2458.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Debbie

Alexandra Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 while Alexandra went from #307 to #107.
Alice Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 while Alice went from #115 to #33.
Amy Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 while Amy went from #326 to #80.
Anna Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 while Anna went from #58 to #14.

Moved the same way as Debbie

Alma Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 and Alma from #230 to #410.
Audrey Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 and Audrey from #48 to #495.
Camilla Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 and Camilla from #326 to #544.
Diane Compare
Between 1970 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Debbie went from #447 to #834 and Diane from #180 to #834.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #31 in New South Wales, Australia in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Debbie

Debbie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Debbie across 4 official records

Debbie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Debbie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Debbie

Debbie and the names beside it

Debbie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Debbie

Moved the opposite way to Debbie

Moved the same way as Debbie

Debbie at a glance

Debbie across 4 official records

Debbie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Debbie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Debbie

Debbie and the names beside it

Debbie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Debbie

Moved the opposite way to Debbie

Moved the same way as Debbie