Derly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derly

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Derly between 1989 and 2009, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Derly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Derly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derly 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 35 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.