Derwood — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,021 babies named Derwood between 1912 and 1976, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derwood performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Derwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Derwood in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derwood 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 1,021 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.