Derrion
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAIR-ee-un
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Derrion is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Derrion come from?
Modern: spelling of Derian, itself a variant of Darian, a modern elaboration of Darius or Darren
Meaning borrowed from Derian.
Is Derrion a girl's or a boy's name?
Derrion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Derrion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Derrion, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Derrion in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 boys in the US were given Derrion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,804, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Derrion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 79 | #1,851 |
| 2008 | 89 | #1,708 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 70 | #1,655 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,011 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
Names like Derrion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Declan Keegan Finnegan Deacon Aiden Finn Ronan Cannon Braylen Brody
Other spellings of Derrion
Names related to Derrion
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, “Derrion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/derrion, updated 20 October 2026.