Boys' name · since 1990

Deryan

Deryan has 52 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#21,878 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,577 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
52
born since 1990
1990s
peak decade

Deryan currently ranks #12577 among boys' names in America, with 52 babies recorded since 1990.

Deryan has 52 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12577 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.

  • #21,878 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,577 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 52 born since 1990
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deryan ranks #21,878 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,577 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.

#21,878 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,577 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
52
born since 1990
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.7%
Deryan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Deryan's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Deryan compares

52 17th 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

Deryan's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Deryan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 52 369 358,536
Peak-year births 10 34 22,252

Deryan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Deryan's full recorded timeline at 2003, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Deryan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
10
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
4681012 19901995199719982003200820122025 5

Deryan by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 42% of the file).

1990s was Deryan's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Deryan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deryan?
Since 1990, Social Security records show 52 babies named Deryan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #21,878 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,577 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2008, with 10 births.
Where does Deryan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deryan ranks #21,878 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,577 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Deryan most popular?
Deryan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Deryan been used?
Records for Deryan go back to 1990, giving 36 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Deryan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Derek, Derrick, Derick, Dereck, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Deryan's data

  • Deryan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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.

Keep exploring Deryan

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Deryan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1990–2025 (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 Deryan 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.