girls:
137 births since 1932
#5579 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1914
#3116 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1914
#6071 (22nd percentile)
The name Derry is the #6,071 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,678 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 21.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,116 (32.0% percentile) for all time with 1,541 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,579 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 137 births since 1932.
Derry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1932 for girls). Birth data for Derry is available in 93 out of the 103 years between 1914 and 2016 (93 years for boys and 22 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 Derry has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Derry reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #613) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Derry reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #781) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1973.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Derry".
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