Derry
Mostly boys
Derry is a name, meaning “oak grove”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Derry mean?
“oak grove”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Derry a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Derry has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK.
How popular is Derry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Derry, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Derry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2019, 50% of the babies named Derry in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 647th in Scotland.
Derry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 28 | #629 |
How popular is Derry in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Derry in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1970, 17% of the babies named Derry in the US were girls.
Derry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,645 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,505 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
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