Debora

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Debora: Recorded since 2000, it reached #587 in 2005, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#587highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2008	#3005
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2013	#2649
2014	#4684
2015	#2328
2016	#2757
2017	#1911
2018	#1788
2019	#1562
2020	#2300
2021	#1962
2022	#2058
2023	#3218
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3247 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #587 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 2005–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Debora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 180 births with the name.

Debora across 2 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.

Debora'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3247 (2000)	#1562 (2019)	#2771 (2024)	21 of 25	180 (2000–2024)	19 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#587 (2005)	#587 (2005)	#898 (2024)	7 of 20	27 (2005–2024)	5 (2008)

Debora by decade in England and Wales · 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 Debora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	97	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Debora 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 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #587 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Debora'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	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #587, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 5 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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Deborah · #3, 74y
Deborrah · #195, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alishia · #587, 18y
Jing · #587, 18y
Lucja · #587, 18y
Azariah · #586, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Jing · #587, 18y
Lucja · #587, 18y
Reyna · #586, 20y
Adrija · #584, 18y

Debora was ranked #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Debora 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 Debora without appearing here.

Debora moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #5666.
Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Debora

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Amalie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #816.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #1863.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2058 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #1959.

Moved the opposite way to Debora

Finlay Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Debora went from #3247 to #1788 while Finlay went from #782 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Debora went from #3247 to #1788 while Helene went from #2746 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Debora went from #3247 to #1788 while Jayden went from #1139 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 2000 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Debora went from #3247 to #1788 while Kristy went from #876 to #5666.

Moved the same way as Debora

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Debora went from #5201 to #2771 and Blake from #5201 to #432.

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 2 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #587 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Debora

Debora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Debora across 2 official records

Debora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Debora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Debora

Debora and the names beside it

Debora moved ahead of

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Debora at a glance

Debora across 2 official records

Debora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Debora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Debora

Debora and the names beside it

Debora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Debora

Moved the opposite way to Debora

Moved the same way as Debora