# Derry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derry/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | “oak grove”, “oak forest” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,678 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,541 / 137 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 255, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.

## What it means

Derry is grouped under forest.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 5 | 5,436 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5,427 |
| 1952 | 8 | 4,207 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,197 |
| 1954 | 7 | 4,775 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5,350 |
| 1956 | 10 | 3,971 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,294 |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,730 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,590 |
| 1961 | 12 | 3,829 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,836 |
| 1964 | 6 | 6,185 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,298 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,754 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 18 | 3,714 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,406 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8,992 |
| 2000 | 9 | 6,976 |
| 2001 | 5 | 10,995 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,678 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,359 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,803 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,370 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,171 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,217 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,066 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,810 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,066 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Դերրի
- Chinese: 德里
- Hindi: डेरी
- Irish: Doire, Contae Dhoire
- Japanese: デリー
- Korean: 데리

## People named Derry

- Derry Murkin, English association football player (born 1999)

## 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.