Deryl · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Deryl.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

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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 82 recorded years as a table

Deryl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	6
1918	7
1920	7
1921	10
1922	10
1923	7
1924	12
1925	13
1926	13
1927	11
1928	17
1929	17
1930	16
1931	21
1932	22
1933	20
1934	22
1935	21
1936	16
1937	10
1938	16
1939	21
1940	11
1941	17
1942	13
1943	11
1944	23
1945	20
1946	17
1947	28
1948	18
1949	25
1950	27
1951	26
1952	21
1953	21
1954	24
1955	22
1956	23
1957	26
1958	24
1959	22
1960	18
1961	24
1962	21
1963	17
1964	19
1965	14
1966	12
1967	15
1968	18
1969	18
1970	17
1971	14
1972	12
1973	10
1974	13
1975	13
1976	14
1977	10
1978	10
1979	10
1980	8
1981	6
1982	4
1983	5
1984	6
1985	3
1986	6
1987	5
1988	10
1989	3
1990	2
1991	4
1992	5
1993	5
1994	4
1995	4
1997	5
1999	4
2000	4
2003	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deryl 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003: 7
Rank in 2003: #8,643
How rare: 1 in 282,192 boys
Since 1915: 1,826

Deryl was last recorded in 2003. 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 1947, at 28 per million boys born.

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

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