Boys' name · since 1984
Deris
Deris has 27 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,490 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Deris currently ranks #12490 among boys' names in America, with 27 babies recorded since 1984.
Deris has 27 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12490 as of the latest data, more common than 10% 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 1984 to 2025.
- #26,620 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,490 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deris ranks #26,620 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,490 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 27 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,490 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Deris's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Deris compares
27 10th 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
Deris's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Deris | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Deris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deris's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Deris by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (11 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Deris's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Deris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Deris's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Deris 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.