How Many People Are Named Derya?
people named Derya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,998,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 173 babies named Derya in Social Security records from 1984 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Derya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Derya alive today is about 21 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Derya first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 1991, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Derya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #7,536, in 1991.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #7,536 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14,799 in the 2010s |
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