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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Derry

Derry was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1076th with 50 babies. More babies were named Derry in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195750 babies
Total since 1880
1,678babies recorded

Derry popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 137 since 1932.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#6,9769
1990#4,46712
1980#2,85816
1970#1,55230
1960#1,34635
1950#1,40327
1940#1,91714
1930#2,64410
1920#3,5667
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Derry, counting every spelling?

Derry has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Derry?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Derry are alive today, with a median age of 59; half are between 42 and 69. That makes Derry a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Derry by state

How common Derry was among boys born in each state in 1955–1959, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAL0.03Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Derry, boys, 1955–1959. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Derry: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Derry, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Derry

How popular is the name Derry?

Derry was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1076th with 50 babies. More babies were named Derry in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Derry a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 137 girls and 1,541 boys.

Where was Derry most popular?

In 1955–1959, Derry was most common in Georgia (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and North Carolina.