girls:
22 births since 1955
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
51 births since 1958
#4535 (1st percentile)
overall:
73 births since 1955
#7666 (1st percentile)
The name Derrie is the #7,666 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 73 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 0.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,535 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 1958. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1955.
Derrie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1958 for boys). Birth data for Derrie is available in 12 out of the 29 years between 1955 and 1983 (9 years for boys and 4 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 Derrie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.9% of all recorded births). In 1983, 100.0% of babies named Derrie were boys. Interestingly, until around 1965, the name was more popular for girls (68.8% girls from 1955 to 1964), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1965 to 1983).
For boys, Derrie reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #636) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.
For girls, Derrie reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #765) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1962.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Derrie".
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