girls:
88 births since 1992
#5628 (2nd percentile)
boys:
676 births since 1976
#3911 (15th percentile)
overall:
764 births since 1976
#6975 (10th percentile)
The name Derrian is the #6,975 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 764 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 9.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,911 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 676 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,628 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1992.
Derrian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Derrian is available in 44 out of the 46 years between 1976 and 2021 (44 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Derrian has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Derrian were boys.
For boys, Derrian reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #784) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
For girls, Derrian reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #834) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Derrian".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Derrian is pronounced as DEH-ree-uhn, which has 3 syllables.
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