Derryl

Boy · recorded 1934–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1962best year

Most popular in 1962.

Last recorded in 2008. 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 1934

0112119341953197119902008

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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 64 recorded years as a table
Derryl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19347
19355
19367
19385
19404
194111
19425
19438
19447
194512
194611
194711
194811
19499
19509
19513
19529
19539
195415
195511
195611
195712
195813
19599
196012
196119
196221
196316
196419
196519
196612
196714
19689
19697
19708
19716
19725
19735
19744
19765
19774
19784
19795
19805
19813
19828
19834
19854
19874
19889
19893
19904
19913
19925
19943
19956
19963
19975
19993
20043
20053
20062
20073
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Derryl 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 2008
6
Rank in 2008
#11,037
How rare
1 in 340,025 boys
Since 1934
901

Derryl was last recorded in 2008. 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 1962, at 21 per million boys born.

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

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