Deryl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deryl

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,826 babies named Deryl between 1915 and 2003, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deryl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 56 babies received it in a single year. Deryl is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 190 additional births since 1927.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deryl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Deryl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Deryl in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deryl 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 1,826 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.