Boys' name · since 2010
Derringer
58 babies named Derringer in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
58 babies have been named Derringer since 2010, making it today's #13092 boys' name.
Derringer has 58 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13092 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #21,096 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,092 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 58 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derringer ranks #21,096 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,092 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 58 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,092 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Derringer's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Derringer compares
58 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Derringer's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Derringer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 58 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Derringer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Derringer splits its recorded history at 2017: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Derringer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Derringer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (41 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Derringer's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Derringer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41 births (71% of all-time use).
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What to do with Derringer's data
- Derringer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- 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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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, 2010–2025 (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 Derringer 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.