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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 408,970 of them was named Derry, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 929 names at #6,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 43,145 of them was named Derry, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,063Prentice51
- #1,063Reyes51
- #1,063Rockey51
- #1,075Derry50
- #1,075Aron50
- #1,075Kathy50
- #1,075Lambert50
- #1,090Arne49
- #1,090Brant49
- #1,090Desmond49
Tied with 14 names at #1,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.