Debbie
Debbie is a feminine given name. It is often short for Debra or Deborah, which means "bee".
- English
Meaning & Origin of Debbie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Debbie is a feminine given name. It is often short for Debra or Deborah, which means "bee".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Debbie
Debbie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1959: 19,542 births, good for #20 nationwide. About 45% of every Debbie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Debbie ranks #4,346 for baby girls with 32 births, rising sharply (+23% over the past five years). All told, over 188K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Debbie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Debbie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Debbie
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Debbie Allen , American actress, choreographer and film director
- Debbie Abrahams , British politician
- Debbie Amis Bell , American civil rights activist
- Debbie Armstrong , American athlete
- Debby Boone , American singer and author
- Debbie Brill , Canadian high jumper
- Debbie Cook , Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
- Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker
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Names that sound like Debbie
Phonetically similar names — useful when Debbie is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Debbie
Debbie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 188K births in the dataset. Debbie's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #20. Use the chart and map above to compare Debbie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.