Boys' name · since 1920
Deran
169 babies named Deran in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Deran is the #10817 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 169 recorded since 1920.
Deran has 169 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10817 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #13,974 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,817 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 169 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deran ranks #13,974 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,817 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 169 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Deran's 169 recorded births place it above 69.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Deran compares
169 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Deran's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 169 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Deran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deran's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Deran by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (48 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Deran's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Deran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 48 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Deran's data
- Deran's decade-level peak was the 1980s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Deran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Deran draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.