Unisex name · since 1964
Derin
911 babies named Derin in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,447 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
911 babies have been named Derin since 1964, making it today's #5447 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derin has been recorded 911 times among boys since 1964, currently ranked #5447 nationally and more common than 61% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #5,451 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,447 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 911 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derin ranks #5,451 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,447 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 911 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,447 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Derin's 911 recorded births place it above 87.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Derin compares
911 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Derin's all-time total is 147% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Derin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 911 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Derin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Derin's full recorded timeline at 1996, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Derin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Derin popularity over time - girls
240 total births recorded since 1981 (Derin as girls' name)
Derin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (244 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Derin's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Derin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s 65
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
142 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
244 births
- 2010s
2010s
221 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 244 births (27% of all-time use).
How Derin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Derin's total volume
Derin by state
Where Derin concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 3.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
35 of 911 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Derin's data
- Derin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (244 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Derins (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Derin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Derin 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.