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
Deryan's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #12577 among boys.
52 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 10 births in a single year.
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
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (42% of all-time use).
Deryan decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~35 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, 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.
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