How Many People Are Named Derryl?
people named Derryl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 498,955 people in the US has this name
Based on 916 babies named Derryl in Social Security records from 1934 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DARRELL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Derryl in English. Counting Derryl and these spellings together, about 262,335 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Derryl, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Derryl fell from 10% in the 1940s to 0% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Derryl alive today is about 57 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Derryl first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 1962, to 44 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Derryl has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,175, in 1962.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,175 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,476 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Derryl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Derryl were born in California than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today.
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