Derna — girls' name
31 babies named Derna in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1912. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
84% of everyone ever named Derna was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Derna in 1912 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Derna
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Derna between 1912 and 1957, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Derna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1912, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Derna performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Derna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Derna 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 31 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.
Derna at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Derna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1912
- Peak year (1912)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
31 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1912 with 10 births in a single year.
Derna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 26 births that decade — 84% of Derna's all-time total
Derna decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Derna's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1957 (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.