Deb
About Deb
During the heyday of Deborah, Debra, and Debra — the late 1950s and early 60s — there were enough baby girls named Deb, just Deb, for it to make the Top 1000.
Today, Deb is literally extinct for babies, though there are plenty of grownup women called Deb.
Pronounced DEB.
As of October 2026, Deb ranked #8558 in US births in 1972 SSA, peaked at #641 in 1958.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Deb on lists
Famous Debs
- Debra Strobel "Deb" Fischer
U.S. Senator from Nebraska
- Deborah L. "Deb" Mell
American politician
- Debra "Deb" Covey
Barnett, Canadian field hockey player
- Deborah "Deb" Whitten
Canadian field hockey player
- Deborah Drake "Deb" Matthews
Deputy Premier of Ontario, Canada
- Deb Richard
American golfer
Deb in pop culture
- Deb
character in movie Napoleon Dynamite
- Deb Lee
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Jing
Mei Debra "Deb" Chen, character on TV's "ER"
- Deb
nickname for a debutante