Name meaning & stats
Debby
Debby means “bee” (Hebrew origin). 9,589 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“bee”
HebrewPet form of Deborah
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
9,589 US babies were named Debby between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Debby (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 21 Debbies spell it Debby
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)