Boys' name · since 1914
Deroy
Deroy has 218 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 218
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
218 boys have been named Deroy since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deroy has 218 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2007.
- #12,427 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 218 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deroy ranks #12,427 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 218 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #12,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 218
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Deroy's 218 recorded births place it above 72.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deroy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deroy's full recorded timeline at 1936, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deroy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2007
- Peak year (1935)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Deroy by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (72 births, 33% of the file).
1930s was Deroy's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Deroy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s
1930s
72 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 72 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Deroy's data
- Deroy's decade-level peak was the 1930s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deroy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~93 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, 1914–2007 (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 Deroy 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.