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
- 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
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
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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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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.
See more about Deryl
- 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)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1950 at #989 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1947–1950
- 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
- 26.2% of all boys named Deryl (478) were born in this decade
- 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.
Deryl in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 217,253 of them was named Deryl, which outranked 39.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,778Wynetta10
- #3,778Zenaida10
- #3,778Zondra10
- #4,069Deryl9
- #4,069Adaline9
- #4,069Adline9
- #4,069Adonna9
- #4,376Adora8
- #4,376Aisha8
- #4,376Alessandra8
Tied with 306 names at #4,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 45,775 of them was named Deryl, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,102Charlton46
- #1,102Elmore46
- #1,102Patsy46
- #1,105Deryl45
- #1,105Barron45
- #1,105Buck45
- #1,105Elwin45
- #1,114Caesar44
- #1,114Denton44
- #1,114Dillard44
Tied with 8 names at #1,105; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.