Derry

Boy · recorded 1914–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 2016. 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 1914

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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 93 recorded years as a table
Derry, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19149
19158
19178
19207
19226
19235
19249
19256
19267
19275
19286
192910
19309
19319
193213
193314
193426
193512
193619
193722
193810
193914
194012
194117
194210
194313
194413
194516
194613
194711
194814
194915
195015
195118
195214
195320
195413
195514
195612
195723
195820
195916
196016
196117
196212
196314
196418
196514
196612
196716
19687
19698
197016
197112
197214
197313
197412
197511
197612
19778
19787
19798
19809
19815
19827
19839
19847
198512
19867
19875
19886
19895
19906
19916
19923
19936
19946
19956
199610
19973
19984
19993
20005
20013
20023
20036
20043
20054
20064
20075
20143
20154
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derry 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 2016
6
Rank in 2016
#10,744
How rare
1 in 316,289 boys
Since 1914
1,541

Derry was last recorded in 2016. 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 1934, at 26 per million boys born.

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

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