Deborah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning bee.
How Deborah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #805 |
| 2016 | #820 |
| 2017 | #772 |
| 2018 | #780 |
| 2019 | #899 |
| 2020 | #905 |
| 2021 | #908 |
| 2022 | #918 |
| 2023 | #971 |
| 2024 | #852 |
| 2025 | #864 |
Deborah by the numbers
In 2025, 68 babies in England and Wales were named Deborah. In the US, 353 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 54,683 babies in 1954, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1955, about 1 in 38 American girls born that year was called Deborah.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deborah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Deborah
Names that are said the same way as Deborah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Debroahbee; a form of deborah
Other names that mean a bee
Like Deborah, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Deborah
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