Derrell
Boy · DAIR-ul · French
Derrell is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “from Airelle”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Derrell mean?
French: variant of Darrell, from the Norman surname d'Airelle
“from Airelle”
Darrell began as a Norman surname for a family from Airelle in Normandy.
- Say it
- DAIR-ul
Is Derrell a girl's or a boy's name?
Derrell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Derrell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Derrell, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 136 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Derrell in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 240 boys in the US were given Derrell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #892, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Derrell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,171 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,652 |
| 1995 | 56 | #1,618 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,276 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,011 |
| 1990 | 131 | #894 |
| 1989 | 128 | #888 |
| 1988 | 133 | #818 |
| 1987 | 136 | #792 |
| 1986 | 113 | #854 |
| 1985 | 107 | #877 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 85 | #956 |
| 1982 | 92 | #933 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,079 |
| 1979 | 91 | #917 |
| 1978 | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,099 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,030 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 70 | #962 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 68 | #979 |
| 1969 | 80 | #856 |
| 1968 | 63 | #910 |
| 1967 | 53 | #992 |
| 1966 | 74 | #845 |
| 1965 | 63 | #929 |
| 1964 | 82 | #839 |
| 1963 | 77 | #855 |
| 1962 | 71 | #901 |
| 1961 | 75 | #881 |
| 1960 | 72 | #891 |
| 1959 | 68 | #925 |
| 1958 | 92 | #776 |
| 1957 | 87 | #802 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 83 | #800 |
| 1954 | 75 | #832 |
| 1953 | 76 | #824 |
| 1952 | 72 | #827 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,052 |
| 1946 | 49 | #952 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 50 | #898 |
| 1943 | 51 | #933 |
| 1942 | 47 | #970 |
| 1941 | 46 | #938 |
| 1940 | 50 | #893 |
| 1939 | 51 | #857 |
| 1938 | 52 | #860 |
| 1937 | 42 | #967 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 47 | #923 |
| 1934 | 42 | #982 |
| 1933 | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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