Boys' name · since 1922
Derral
418 babies named Derral in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,787 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 418
- born since 1922
- 1950s
- peak decade
418 boys have been named Derral since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Derral has 418 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1988.
- #8,787 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 418 born since 1922
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derral ranks #8,787 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 418 born since 1922, peaking in the 1950s.
- #8,787 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 418
- born since 1922
- 1950s
- peak decade
Derral's 418 recorded births place it above 80.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derral's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Derral's full recorded timeline at 1953, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1940 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Derral popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1988
- Peak year (1940)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Derral by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (104 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Derral's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Derral births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 33
1920s
33 births
- 1930s
1930s
65 births
- 1940s
1940s
93 births
- 1950s
1950s
104 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 104 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Derral's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 1980s (37) -- 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 Derral: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1922–1988 (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 Derral 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.