Derwin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DER-win
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Derwin is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “dear friend”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Derwin mean?
Old English: variant of Darwin, from Old English Deorwine
“dear friend”
Darwin comes from the Old English personal name Deorwine; Charles Darwin made the surname world-famous.
Is Derwin a girl's or a boy's name?
Derwin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Derwin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Derwin, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 140 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more boys named Derwin than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Derwin in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Derwin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 78 | #1,849 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 38 | #2,086 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,181 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,006 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,149 |
| 1971 | 70 | #976 |
| 1970 | 93 | #835 |
| 1969 | 108 | #752 |
| 1968 | 114 | #707 |
| 1967 | 107 | #716 |
| 1966 | 124 | #663 |
| 1965 | 139 | #638 |
| 1964 | 126 | #686 |
| 1963 | 108 | #746 |
| 1962 | 103 | #749 |
| 1961 | 119 | #698 |
| 1960 | 112 | #725 |
| 1959 | 120 | #701 |
| 1958 | 140 | #648 |
| 1957 | 118 | #699 |
| 1956 | 85 | #808 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,032 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
Names like Derwin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kevin, Daniel, Darwin, Damon, Robin, Steven, David, Bryan, Colin, Dustin, Derek, Kelvin
Names related to Derwin
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
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, “Derwin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/derwin, updated 20 October 2026.