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I just looked at both Debra and Deborah's popularity and I cannot believe how popular they were in the 50s! Both spellings were in the top 10! I imagine this means that Deb names were more common than Mary.

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Debbie is awful to my ears, but I guess it's just because I have bad associations. If I wasn't so dated to the 50s, I bet it'd be back in with the other nicknamy names, like Addie, Maddie, Emmie, Evie, Tilly, etc.

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