How rare is the name Derrell?

3,556 people in the United States have the first name Derrell, about 1 in 84,936. It ranks #4,990 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DERRELL

#4,990

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,556
About
1 in 84,936
This common or more
84.8%
Who bears it

Of the 3,556 people named Derrell, 58.2% reported their origin as Black, 34.9% as White and 3.8% as two or more races. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Derrell peaked in 1987, when 136 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
136
In 2025*
9 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,880 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Derrell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,990. The largest share of babies named Derrell, 26.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,53056
1920s#3,492199
1930s#2,016415
1940s#2,055496
1950s#1,990725
1960s#2,123720
1970s#2,447674
1980s#2,1651,017
1990s#3,163779
2000s#5,908434
2010s#8,102295
2020s#15,36865
Greatest Generation 1901–273.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.7%
Baby boom 1946–6422.5%
Generation X 1965–8018.3%
Millennials 1981–9626.6%
Generation Z 1997–1212.2%
2013 and later4.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Derrell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Derrell has been most common in Georgia (4.6×), Maryland (3.4×), and Texas (3.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.23×).

2,479 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Derrell

#4,988 Fidencio · 3,559#4,989 Jadiel · 3,558#4,991 Peng · 3,555#4,992 Carolee · 3,553

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Derrell, most common first.

#15,306 Derrel · 754#16,310 Derryl · 694#18,867 Derell · 567#22,540 Derrill · 441#30,018 Derral · 292#40,593 Derril · 183#42,079 Derel · 172#49,014 Deriel · 128

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