How Many People Are Named Deborah Adair?
There are approximately 33 people named Deborah Adair living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 10,386,495 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Deborah with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Adair. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
33
1 in 10,386,495 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Deborah: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Deborah. The peak year was 1954 with 54,755 births. The average person named Deborah today is 66 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Deborah
In the 2020 Census, the first name Deborah was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (83.46%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.71%) and Hispanic (3.29%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Deborah in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Deborah rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Adair Surname
The surname Adair was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Adair in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Deborah" has an estimated frequency of 0.159% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Adair" appears at a rate of 6.04 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Deborah are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 33 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Deborah Adair: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Deborah Adair?
We estimate approximately 33 people named Deborah Adair are alive in the United States today. The first name Deborah is shared by 544,971 Americans, and the surname Adair is shared by 20,702.
How rare is the name Deborah Adair?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 10,386,495 Americans. The first name Deborah is very common and the surname Adair is uncommon.
Is Deborah a male or female name?
Deborah is predominantly female, with 0.2% of bearers being male and 99.8% female. It peaked in popularity in 1954 and the average bearer today is 66 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Deborah?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Deborah was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (83.46%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.71%) and Hispanic (3.29%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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