# Derrell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derrell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,880 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,864 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 6 | 5,446 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,589 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,835 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 3,322 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,606 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,012 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,816 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,585 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,125 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,638 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,261 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,007 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,516 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,217 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,477 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,628 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,147 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,422 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.