Girls' name · since 1944
Derenda
354 babies named Derenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 354
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Derenda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 354 have been recorded since 1944.
Derenda has 354 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1980.
- #14,548 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 354 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derenda ranks #14,548 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 354 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #14,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 354
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Derenda's 354 recorded births place it above 79.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Derenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Derenda splits its recorded history at 1962: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Derenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1980
- Peak year (1961)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Derenda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (140 births, 40% of the file).
1960s was Derenda's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Derenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 37
1940s
37 births
- 1950s
1950s
121 births
- 1960s
1960s
140 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 140 births (40% of all-time use).
Derenda by state
Where Derenda concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 4.8% |
17 of 354 births nationwide.
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- Derenda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Derendas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Derenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1944–1980 (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 Derenda 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.