Girls' name · since 1984
Derya
Derya has 173 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Derya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 173 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derya has been recorded 173 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2023.
- #21,315 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 173 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derya ranks #21,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 173 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 173
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Derya's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Derya's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Derya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2023
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Derya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Derya's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Derya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Derya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- 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 Derya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1984–2023 (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 Derya 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.