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How popular is “Derry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Derry” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Derry” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Derry” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Derry” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Derry” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Derry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Derry” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 19 0.000008999 5 14 -47%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 -100%
1934 32 0.000015408 5 27 -69%
1935 17 0.000008134 5 12 -41%
1936 25 0.000012033 5 20 -60%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 14 0.00000608 14 -100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 -100%
1942 22 0.000008053 8 14 -27%
1943 23 0.000008149 5 18 -57%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 -100%
1947 28 0.000007773 7 21 -50%
1948 30 0.000008689 5 25 -67%
1949 32 0.000009183 5 27 -69%
1950 27 0.000007707 27 -100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 -100%
1952 35 0.000009215 8 27 -54%
1953 46 0.000011937 6 40 -74%
1954 33 0.00000829 7 26 -58%
1955 35 0.000008717 6 29 -66%
1956 35 0.000008489 10 25 -43%
1957 55 0.000013089 5 50 -82%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 -100%
1959 40 0.00000962 6 34 -70%
1960 40 0.00000963 5 35 -75%
1961 48 0.000011588 12 36 -50%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 -100%
1963 33 0.000008337 5 28 -70%
1964 42 0.000010804 6 36 -71%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 -100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 -100%
1967 28 0.000008248 28 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 36 0.000009982 6 30 -67%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 22 0.000007 22 -100%
1973 25 0.000008287 5 20 -60%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 -100%
1975 17 0.00000563 17 -100%
1976 19 0.000006262 19 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 11 0.000002977 11 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 18 0.000004935 18 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 11 0.000002893 11 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 -100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%

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