Derl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derl

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Derl between 1929 and 1980, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derl performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Derl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Derl in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derl 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 306 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.