How Many People Are Named Derry?
people named Derry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 304,349 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,678 babies named Derry in Social Security records from 1914 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DERMOT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Derry, 8.6% were girls and 91.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Derry fell from 11.4% in the 1930s to 0% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Derry alive today is about 56 years old, and 51% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Derry first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1957, to 55 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Derry has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,075, in 1957.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,075 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,326 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Derry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Derry were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today.
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