Deryl
- Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,289
- Last seen for boys in 2003 at #8,643
- Given to boys 90.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 49 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,826since 1915
Deryl over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
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| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,523 | 31 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,476 | 27 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | — | #1,252 | 39 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,117 | 48 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,015 | 56 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #1,083 | 49 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #1,105 | 45 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | #1,082 | 48 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #1,152 | 41 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #989 | 49 |
| 1949 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,000 | 51 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,489 | 22 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Deryl! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Deryl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Deryl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Deryl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1947
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1948
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1950 at #989 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1947–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 35,874
- Highest: 1 in 35,874 boys born in 1947 were named Deryl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 282,193 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #989 in 1950, was only 1 in 36,536 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 26.2% of all boys named Deryl (478) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,368 (1918) | #3,597 |
| 1920s | 128 | #1,760 (1928) | #2,450 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,390 (1939) | #1,596 |
| 1940s | 281 | #1,000 (1947) | #1,413 |
| 1950s | 478 | #989 (1950) | #1,076 |
| 1960s | 343 | #1,097 (1961) | #1,361 |
| 1970s | 203 | #1,523 (1970) | #2,216 |
| 1980s | 106 | #2,765 (1988) | #4,249 |
| 1990s | 64 | #5,236 (1992) | #6,515 |
| 2000s | 14 | #8,209 (2000) | #8,426 |
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.
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