girls:
45 births since 1997
#5671 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1977
#3199 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1977
#6255 (19th percentile)
The name Derrion is the #6,255 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,490 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 19.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,199 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,445 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,671 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1997.
Derrion first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Derrion is available in 43 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 7 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 Derrion has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Derrion reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #799) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 41 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Derrion ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 14.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Derrion reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #953) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Derrion".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Derrion. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Derrion is pronounced as DEH-ree-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAIR-yuhn, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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