Derrel

Boy · recorded 1916–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

0102019161941196719922017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 88 recorded years as a table
Derrel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19189
191910
19208
192110
19226
19238
192410
192511
192613
192711
192812
193014
193117
193211
193315
19349
193512
193617
193719
193814
193916
194020
194116
19429
194317
194411
19459
194614
19479
19489
19498
19506
195112
195212
195310
19549
195510
195610
19576
195811
19598
19608
19619
196210
19638
19647
19658
196610
19676
19687
19699
19706
19715
197210
19738
197411
19757
19764
19777
19785
19799
19806
19814
19824
19837
19846
19858
19869
19879
198813
19893
19908
19914
19925
19937
19944
19957
19965
19973
19993
20005
20014
20033
20054
20073
20083
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derrel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#12,246
How rare
1 in 370,191 boys
Since 1916
1,181

Derrel was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 20 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Derrel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.