Derry
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423 · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to boys 91.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,541since 1914
Derry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,311 | 36 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,075 | 50 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #1,170 | 40 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,460 | 25 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,630 | 18 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Derry! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Derry is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#449 · 1 in 6,374
Best ever in a state: #364 in Arkansas, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #449 | 6 | 1 in 6,374 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Derry
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1957 at #1,075 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,244 boys born in 1934 were named Derry (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,290 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,075 in 1957, was only 1 in 43,145 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.7% of all boys named Derry (335) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,915 (1914) | #3,071 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,452 (1929) | #3,395 |
| 1930s | 155 | #1,293 (1934) | #1,947 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,406 (1945) | #1,613 |
| 1950s | 335 | #1,075 (1957) | #1,335 |
| 1960s | 261 | #1,311 (1964) | #1,635 |
| 1970s | 187 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,386 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,293 (1985) | #3,592 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,678 (1996) | #5,931 |
| 2000s | 63 | #6,258 (2003) | #8,576 |
| 2010s | 19 | #9,568 (2015) | #10,343 |
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.
Derry in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 49,358 of them was named Derry, which outranked 74.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,163Vernard44
- #1,163Wayman44
- #1,163Wyman44
- #1,172Derry43
- #1,172Alfonza43
- #1,172Boris43
- #1,172Deane43
- #1,186Alonza42
- #1,186Cheyenne42
- #1,186Cordell42
Tied with 13 names at #1,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.