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 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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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.
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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 404,388 of them was named Derrell, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 942 names at #6,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 29,616 of them was named Derrell, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).