Debbie
- Pronunciation
- [De-bbie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Bee. Deborah Was The Biblical Prophetess Who Summoned Barak To Battle Against An Army Of Invaders. After The Battle She Wrote A Victory Song Which Is Part Of The Book Of Judges.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Debbie
Debbie is a Hebrew-origin name functioning as a familiar short form of Deborah, from the Hebrew dĕvôrāh, meaning "bee" — an insect associated in biblical tradition with industry, community, and the production of sweetness. In the Hebrew Bible, Deborah was a prophetess and judge who summoned Barak to battle against invaders; after the victory she composed a song of triumph recorded in the Book of Judges, giving the name strong associations with both leadership and poetic voice. Debbie brought that heritage into the mid-century American naming register with a breezy, modern energy that the longer form lacked.
Debbie Harry is an American singer and actress — born Deborah Ann Harry on July 1, 1945 — who fronted the new wave band Blondie from 1974, a group that scored four US number-one singles between 1979 and 1981. Blondie became one of the first bands to bridge punk and hip-hop aesthetics on a mainstream platform, and Harry's striking stage presence made her one of the defining pop-cultural faces of the era.
Debbie first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 1954 and peaked at #20 in 1959 — a concentrated surge that makes it one of the defining names of the late-1950s Baby Boom. It last appeared in the top-1000 in 1967 at rank #90, a 13-year chart run that is brief but intense. The recorded variant is Debby.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Debbie
US Popularity History (1954–1967)
Annual US births named Debbie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1959 with 19,542 girls named Debbie (girl rank #20 that year).
Where it stands today: in 1967, ranked #90 for girls (3,742 US births). That's 70 places below its 1959 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debby | Bee. Deborah Was The Biblical Prophetess Who Summoned Barak To Battle Against An Army Of Invaders. After The Battle She Wrote A Victory Song Which Is Part Of The Book Of Judges. | Female | Hebrew |
Famous People Named Debbie
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Debbie.
- Debbie Harry is a singer-songwriter who served as the lead singer of the new wave band, Blondie.
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Compare Debbie to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Debbie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).