Debbora

Girls' name

Form of Deborah

Debbora has been given to 231 babies in the U.S. since 1947. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1955, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Debbora, 1968

1 in 563,000

Debbora over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Debbora: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Deborah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Debbora means

Debbora is a form of Deborah.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Debbora is used in Biblical Latin and Biblical Greek.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Debbora → Deborah → דְּבוֹרָה. The family’s meaning is “bee”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements dVbr-.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Deborah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 231 girls were recorded with the name Debbora between 1947 and 1968. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1955; its best national rank was #2,567 in 1955.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Debbora?

Debbora had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1968, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1968: 1 in 563,000; 6 of 3,378,301 births
Among girls only: 1 in 273,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1968: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 390,278 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Debbora sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1968 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 390,278 children born in 1968 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Debbora. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Debboras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Debbora was born before 1957 — so the typical Debbora is around 68 today.

Median birth year: 1957; About 68 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 58.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 221; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 58.4% of all recorded uses (135).

Is Debbora rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1955 (19)
Years since peak: 70; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,567; 1955

Spellings of Debbora

Debbora is not the most common spelling — Deborah is, with 55.6% against Debbora's 0.02%.

Deborah55.6%742,820
Debra41.2%550,695
Debora2.3%30,133
Debbra0.27%3,652
Devora0.22%2,893
Delora0.21%2,812
Debera0.09%1,252
Deborha0.08%1,078

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Debbora around the world

Where Debbora ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1980–1980
#3,137
in 1980

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Debbora by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,567; 1955
Peak year: 1955; 19 that year
First recorded: 1947
Last recorded: 1968
All-time count: 231
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Debbora

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Debhora Deborra Debany Debarah Izadora Khamora Elanora Debanhi Debanhy Elinora Deberah Evanora Debora Keimora Debbrah Ellenora Lynora Debrina Aulora Debralee Debraann Sayyora Sefora Debria

Sibling names for Debbora

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Romona Joycelyn Marita Roxann Meryl Roxane Jacalyn Suzan

For a brother

Leigh Hayward Burt Fritz Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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