Boys' name · since 1925
Derril
198 babies named Derril in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,020 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1925
- 1940s
- peak decade
Derril is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 198 have been recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derril has been recorded 198 times among boys since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1971.
- #13,020 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 198 born since 1925
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derril ranks #13,020 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 198 born since 1925, peaking in the 1940s.
- #13,020 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 198
- born since 1925
- 1940s
- peak decade
Derril's 198 recorded births place it above 71.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Derril's full recorded timeline at 1946, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Derril popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1971
- Peak year (1931)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Derril by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (53 births, 27% of the file).
1940s was Derril's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Derril births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s
1930s
44 births
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 53 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Derril's decade-level peak was the 1940s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1970s -- 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 Derril: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1925–1971 (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 Derril 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.