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

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Peak · boys
#989
1950 · 49 births
Debut · boys
1915
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,826
since 1915

Deryl over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #2,725, 1956peak #989, 1950girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2003—#8,6437
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2000—#8,2097
1999—#7,8747
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1995—#6,9927
1994—#6,9687
1993—#5,7719
1992—#5,23610
1991—#5,5219
1990—#8,1175
1989—#6,2297
1988—#2,76520
1987—#4,5739
1986—#3,88211
1985—#5,7856
1984—#3,70111
1983—#4,1419
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,85810
1980—#2,96515
1979—#2,66917
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,66516
1976—#2,11322
1975—#2,20520
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,40516
1972—#2,08019
1971—#1,78425
1970—#1,52331
1969—#1,41432
1968—#1,39331
1967—#1,47627
1966—#1,68421
1965#5,2897#1,51326
1964—#1,28837
1963#4,27210#1,31835
1962—#1,17244
1961#5,3097#1,09751
1960—#1,25239
1959#5,0317#1,11748
1958#4,1939#1,07151
1957#2,82317#1,01556
1956#2,72518#1,08349
1955#4,0699#1,10545
1954#3,49011#1,08248
1953#2,81215#1,13942
1952#3,20112#1,15241
1951#3,48210#1,00549
1950#3,05212#98949
1949—#1,04745
1948#4,2057#1,28032
1947#5,2955#1,00051
1946#4,4176#1,35527
1945—#1,27027
1944#3,1399#1,19331
1943#3,4938#1,83316
1942—#1,68218
1941—#1,48521
1940—#1,98313
1939—#1,39023
1938—#1,61318
1937—#2,19711
1936—#1,63917
1935—#1,45322
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,54020
1932—#1,46523
1931—#1,48922
1930—#1,75318
1929—#1,79318
1928#4,1956#1,76019
1927#4,8055#2,40812
1926—#2,18614
1925—#2,19314
1924—#2,22914
1923—#3,1758
1922—#2,63011
1921—#2,63211
1920—#3,4897
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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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #758 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,887 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedHITexas: #747 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,257 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Deryl, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#747 · 1 in 12,257
  2. California#758 · 1 in 23,887

Best ever in a state: #262 in Kansas, 1935.

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California#75851 in 23,887
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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 Deryl
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
  • Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1947 (#1,355 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1948 (#1,000 → #1,280)
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?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#3,368 (1918)#3,597
1920s128#1,760 (1928)#2,450
1930s197#1,390 (1939)#1,596
1940s281#1,000 (1947)#1,413
1950s478#989 (1950)#1,076
1960s343#1,097 (1961)#1,361
1970s203#1,523 (1970)#2,216
1980s106#2,765 (1988)#4,249
1990s64#5,236 (1992)#6,515
2000s14#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.

Deryl in 1947

girls
#5,295
5 births · 1 in 354,553 girls
boys
#1,000
51 births · 1 in 35,874 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #5,295Deryl5

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,000Deryl51
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 354,553 of them was named Deryl, which outranked 13.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deryl
  1. #4,764Zeola6
  2. #4,764Zoa6
  3. #4,764Zoila6
  4. #5,295Deryl5
  5. #5,295Abbey5
  6. #5,295Abelina5
  7. #5,295Acquanetta5

Tied with 809 names at #5,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 35,874 of them was named Deryl, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deryl
  1. #984Tillman52
  2. #984Walt52
  3. #984Wyman52
  4. #1,000Deryl51
  5. #1,000Brock51
  6. #1,000Clarance51
  7. #1,000Esteban51
  8. #1,014Denton50
  9. #1,014Donal50
  10. #1,014Elwin50

Tied with 13 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947 →