Meaning and history
This name comes from the Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (Devora), meaning “bee.” In the Old Testament Book of Judges, Deborah is a heroine and prophetess who leads the Israelites when they are threatened by the Canaanites; she forms an army under Barak’s command, and together they destroy the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera. In the Old Testament it is also the name of Rebecca’s nurse. Long a common Jewish name, Deborah was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation and became popular among the Puritans.
20062006: 425 births, rank #672
2007: 372 births, rank #777
2008: 356 births, rank #808
2009: 346 births, rank #817
2010: 355 births, rank #774
20112011: 332 births, rank #810
2012: 337 births, rank #793
2013: 330 births, rank #815
2014: 373 births, rank #752
2015: 350 births, rank #804
20162016: 349 births, rank #822
2017: 357 births, rank #773
2018: 350 births, rank #781
2019: 296 births, rank #899
2020: 291 births, rank #904
20212021: 295 births, rank #910
2022: 301 births, rank #910
2023: 267 births, rank #967
2024: 317 births, rank #852
20252025: 313 births, rank #862
Deborah moved from #854 to #864 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1954, with 54,674 births.