Unisex name · since 1993
Deryn
201 babies named Deryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deryn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 201 have been recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Deryn recorded 201 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2024.
- #19,758 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deryn ranks #19,758 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Deryn's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deryn splits its recorded history at 2006: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deryn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (1998)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Deryn popularity over time - boys
33 total births recorded since 1992 (Deryn as boys' name)
Deryn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Deryn's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Deryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Deryn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 14 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 Deryn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1993–2024 (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 Deryn 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.