Deboraha
Hebrew feminine name meaning "bee" or "honeycomb".
Name Census estimates that about 263 living Americans carry the first name Deboraha. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Deboraha today is around 68 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Deboraha births was 1955 (34 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Deboraha. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Deboraha is about 68 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Deborahas were born before 1968.
People living today
263
~ 1 in 1,303,248 Americans
Peak year
1955
34 babies that year
Average age
68
years old
1969 SSA rank
#6,819
Tracked since 1949
Census
Deboraha in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 149 people with the first name Deboraha, which placed it at #45,514 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#45,514
National first-name rank
People counted
149
149 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Deboraha
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Deboraha is White at 63.1%. The next largest groups are Black (22.1%) and Two or More Races (8.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Deboraha described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Deboraha at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.1% · 94
- Black or African American22.1% · 33
- Two or more races8.7% · 13
- Hispanic or Latino6.0% · 9
Popularity
Deboraha: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Deboraha from the 1940s through to the 1960s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1950s, with 241 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1950s peak, Deboraha remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Deboraha by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Deboraha during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Deborahas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Deboraha
The name Deboraha is a variant spelling of the Hebrew name Deborah, which means "bee" in Hebrew. This name has its origins in the ancient Hebrew culture and can be traced back to biblical times.
In the Old Testament, Deborah was a Hebrew prophetess who led the Israelites in battle against the Canaanites. She is celebrated as one of the few female judges mentioned in the Bible and is regarded as a significant figure in Jewish and Christian traditions.
The earliest recorded use of the name Deborah dates back to the 12th century BC, when it was mentioned in the Book of Judges. Over the centuries, the name has been spelled in various ways, including Devorah, Devora, and Deboraha.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Deboraha or its variants. One of the earliest was Deborah, the Hebrew prophetess from the Book of Judges, who lived around 1200 BC. Another famous bearer of the name was Deborah Moody (1586-1659), a founder of the town of Gravesend, New York, and a proponent of religious freedom.
In the 17th century, Deborah Samson (1760-1827) was a woman who disguised herself as a man to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Deborah Sampson Gannett (1760-1827) was her name after she married Benjamin Gannett.
Deborah Kerr (1921-2007) was a Scottish actress known for her roles in films such as "The King and I" and "From Here to Eternity." She received several Academy Award nominations and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1994.
Deborah Harry (born 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the influential punk rock/new wave band Blondie. She has been a significant figure in the music industry since the 1970s.
People
Deboraha + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Deboraha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Deboraha: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Deboraha?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 263 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Deboraha going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,303,248 US residents.
Is Deboraha a common name?
We classify Deboraha as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 362 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Deboraha most popular?
The single biggest year for Deboraha was 1955, when 34 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Deboraha is about 68 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Deboraha in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 149 people with the name Deboraha, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #45,514 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Deboraha in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Deboraha?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Deboraha appears almost entirely female. Of the 149 people counted with this name, 99.3% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Deboraha?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Deboraha is White at 63.1%. The next largest groups are Black (22.1%) and Two or More Races (8.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Deboraha most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Deboraha in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.1% (94 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Deboraha in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Deboraha a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Deboraha in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Deboraha still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Deboraha in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Deboraha can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Deboraha?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.