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Deryl

Recorded 1915–2003 · United States

Deryl was most popular in 1957, when 73 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,028 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,016 people named Deryl.

Most popular in1957
Rank that year#2,028
Births that year73
Total since 18802,016
Given to91% boys
Alive today~1,000
Median age66

Deryl over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Deryl’s peak in 1957. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Deryl?

Deryl first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1915, which makes it about 110 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 111 years since. It was last recorded in 2003.

How many people are named Deryl?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,016 American births named Deryl between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,280 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Deryl in 2025?

Deryl was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Deryl a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Deryl is mostly a boy’s name — 9.4% of the 2,016 Americans given it were girls and 90.6% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Deryl?

Roughly 1,280 Americans named Deryl are alive today — 63% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 66 years old, and half are between 55 and 73.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Deryl is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org