Derby — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derby

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Derby between 1987 and 2011, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Derby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1955.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derby performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Derby shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.