Debora

“Variant of Deborah — Bee” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #2336 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Debora is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1956, when it ranked #161. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 30,000 girls since 1915, ranked #2336 today. Together with its spelling variant Deborah (#864), Debora would rank around #718 with about 390 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Deborah and Debora.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,000 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 6,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Deboras

Débora Falabella — Brazilian actress
Debora Patta — South African broadcast journalist and editor
Debora Caprioglio — Italian actress
Débora Bloch — Brazilian actress
Debora Serracchiani — Italian politician

In stories & tradition

Dèbora — Dèbora e Jaéle

What Deboras become

Among 287 notable people named Debora:

Sports figures appear 1.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Debora Agreiter, Italian cross-country skier.

Similar names: Deborah · Jayne · Devora · Moira · Josette · Maura

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