Derrell
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,864since 1909
Derrell over time
Rank among boys' names. Derrell has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,998 | 37 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,594 | 47 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,306 | 33 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,401 | 53 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,765 | 43 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,489 | 44 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,780 | 35 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,504 | 39 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,306 | 43 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,175 | 46 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,966 | 49 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,642 | 63 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,908 | 48 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,655 | 58 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,623 | 56 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,153 | 97 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,205 | 87 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,017 | 112 | |
| 1990 | — | #898 | 131 | |
| 1989 | — | #891 | 128 | |
| 1988 | — | #819 | 133 | |
| 1987 | — | #793 | 136 | |
| 1986 | — | #854 | 113 | |
| 1985 | — | #877 | 107 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,012 | 77 | |
| 1983 | — | #956 | 85 | |
| 1982 | — | #933 | 92 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,044 | 76 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,079 | 70 | |
| 1979 | — | #917 | 91 | |
| 1978 | — | #989 | 76 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,099 | 62 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,030 | 65 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,019 | 65 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #962 | 70 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,014 | 63 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,026 | 63 | |
| 1970 | — | #979 | 68 | |
| 1969 | — | #856 | 80 | |
| 1968 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1967 | — | #992 | 53 | |
| 1966 | — | #845 | 74 | |
| 1965 | — | #929 | 63 | |
| 1964 | — | #839 | 82 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #855 | 77 |
| 1962 | — | #902 | 71 | |
| 1961 | — | #882 | 75 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #892 | 72 |
| 1959 | — | #926 | 68 | |
| 1958 | — | #777 | 92 | |
| 1957 | — | #803 | 87 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #986 | 57 |
| 1955 | — | #801 | 83 | |
| 1954 | — | #833 | 75 | |
| 1953 | — | #825 | 76 | |
| 1952 | — | #828 | 72 | |
| 1951 | — | #902 | 61 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,053 | 47 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #898 | 50 | |
| 1943 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1942 | — | #970 | 47 | |
| 1941 | — | #938 | 46 | |
| 1940 | — | #893 | 50 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #860 | 52 | |
| 1937 | — | #967 | 42 | |
| 1936 | — | #972 | 41 | |
| 1935 | — | #923 | 47 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #926 | 46 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,004 | 43 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,282 | 29 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,883 | 18 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Derrell! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Derrell is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#454 · 1 in 5,033
- Illinois#632 · 1 in 9,403
- Texas#1,032 · 1 in 19,676
- California#1,230 · 1 in 28,697
Best ever in a state: #208 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #454 | 8 | 1 in 5,033 |
| Illinois | #632 | 9 | 1 in 9,403 |
| Texas | #1,032 | 7 | 1 in 19,676 |
| California | #1,230 | 7 | 1 in 28,697 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Derrell
- 1,651 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,243)
- 2,792 spots since 2020 (#5,451 → #8,243)
- 3,698 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1957 (#986 → #803)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1974 (#962 → #1,151)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #777 (92 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1951–1970
- Highest: 1 in 13,728 boys born in 1987 were named Derrell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #777 in 1958, was only 1 in 23,070 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.3% of all boys named Derrell (1,017) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 56 | #1,986 (1917) | #2,718 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,339 (1929) | #1,782 |
| 1930s | 415 | #857 (1939) | #1,033 |
| 1940s | 496 | #893 (1940) | #944 |
| 1950s | 719 | #777 (1958) | #869 |
| 1960s | 710 | #839 (1964) | #890 |
| 1970s | 674 | #917 (1979) | #1,019 |
| 1980s | 1,017 | #793 (1987) | #926 |
| 1990s | 779 | #898 (1990) | #1,435 |
| 2000s | 434 | #2,175 (2000) | #2,554 |
| 2010s | 295 | #2,594 (2012) | #3,797 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,451 (2020) | #7,582 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Derrell in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 23,568 of them was named Derrell, which outranked 85.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,037Lenny77
- #1,037Tye77
- #1,037Vincenzo77
- #1,044Derrell76
- #1,044Asher76
- #1,044Dustan76
- #1,044Eliezer76
- #1,056Alexandro75
- #1,056Coby75
- #1,056Jamarr75
Tied with 11 names at #1,044; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.