Recorded 1922–1988 Boys' name Peak 1940 418 births

Derral — boys' name

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.

1920s331930s651940s931950s1041960s591970s271980s37
1950s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Derral was born in this single decade.

1940
Single peak year

16 babies were named Derral in 1940 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Derral

The Social Security Administration has registered 418 babies named Derral between 1922 and 1988, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derral currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derral performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Derral shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derral 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 418 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.

Derral at a glance

Last recorded 1988

Total births

418

Since 1922

67 years of records

Peak year

1940

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1988

Active since

1922

Recorded for 67 years

Last year on file: 1988

Derral popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1922

Last recorded 1988
Peak year (1940)
16
Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
05101520 19881977196319561949194119331922 13

Derral by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
104 births that decade — 25% of Derral's all-time total
1920s331930s651940s931950s1041960s591970s271980s37

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Derral?
418 babies have been named Derral since 1922. It was last recorded in 1988. The peak year was 1940 with 16 births.
When was Derral most popular?
Derral was most popular in the 1950s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 1940.
How long has the name Derral been used?
Derral has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 67 years of data through 1988.
What names are similar to Derral?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Derek, Derrick, Derick, Dereck, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1922–1988 (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.