boys:
787 births since 1915
#3800 (17th percentile)
overall:
787 births since 1915
#6952 (10th percentile)
The name Derrill is the #6,952 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 787 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 10.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,800 (17.1% percentile) for all time with 787 births since 1915.
Derrill first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Derrill is available in 72 out of the 78 years between 1915 and 1992. 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.
For boys, Derrill reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #582) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Derrill".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Derrill. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Derrill is pronounced as DEH-rihl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEH-ruhl, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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