Girl name#223 of girl names
Debbie
Pronounced D EH1 B IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1959
- 145 years in use
How popular is Debbie?
Debbie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 204,808 children — the 223rd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 265 births across the past decade, against a peak of 21,110 in a single year. That peak was in 1959.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D EH1 B IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Debbie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Debbie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Debbie?
- Debbie ranks 223rd among girls' names in US records, with 204,808 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 265.
- Is Debbie a unisex name?
- No. Debbie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Debbie most popular?
- 1959, when 21,110 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.