Derian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAIR-ee-un
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Derian is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
Where does Derian come from?
Modern: variant of Darian, a modern elaboration of Darius or Darren
Is Derian a girl's or a boy's name?
Derian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Derian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,572nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Derian, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Derian in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 boys in the US were given Derian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,804, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 42% of the babies named Derian in the US in 1994, and 11% in 2007.
Derian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 45 | #2,245 |
| 2000 | 77 | #1,548 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 62 | #1,663 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,290 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,388 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
Names like Derian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Declan, Brayden, Finnegan, Keegan, Deacon, Aiden, Kian, Killian, Finn, Braylen, Ronan
Other spellings of Derian
Names related to Derian
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Derian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/derian, updated 20 October 2026.