Derrel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derrel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,181 babies named Derrel between 1916 and 2017, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derrel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derrel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Derrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Derrel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derrel 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 1,181 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.