Derrill — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derrill

The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Derrill between 1915 and 1992, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derrill currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derrill performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Derrill shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Derrill in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derrill 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 787 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.