Derian — #2369 US boys' name
1,473 babies named Derian in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Derian was born in this single decade.
85 babies were named Derian in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Derian
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,473 babies named Derian between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derian currently holds the #2369 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 85 babies received it in a single year. Derian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 135 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Derian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 470 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Derian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Derian in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Derian 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 1,473 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.
Derian at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Derian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (1996)
- 85
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #2369 among boys.
1,473 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 85 births in a single year.
Derian popularity over time — girls
135 total births recorded since 1990 (Derian as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Derian accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Derian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 470 births that decade — 32% of Derian's all-time total
Derian decade highlights
- Peak decade 470 births
- Runner-up 402 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Derian's strongest decade
470 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Derian by state
Where Derian concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 259 | 17.6% |
| #2 | California | | 176 | 11.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Nevada | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
259 of 1,473 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.6% of nationwide
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.