Derl
Last seen for boys in 1980 at #5,525
- Peak · boys
- 1930 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 306since 1929
Derl over time
Rank among boys' names. Derl has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
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| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
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| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
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| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | #865 | 58 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Derl! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Derl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Biggest jump: 3,094 spots in 1930 (#3,959 → #865)
- Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1931 (#865 → #1,128)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 1930 at #865 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1930
- Highest: 1 in 18,920 boys born in 1930 were named Derl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,325 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
- 61.8% of all boys named Derl (189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #3,959 (1929) | #3,959 |
| 1930s | 189 | #865 (1930) | #2,157 |
| 1940s | 18 | #3,010 (1948) | #3,318 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,709 (1953) | #3,399 |
| 1960s | 20 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,563 |
| 1970s | 10 | #3,152 (1972) | #3,152 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,525 |
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.
Derl in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
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1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 215,123 of them was named Derl, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 586 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.