Derrell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1987 and has since faded.
Derrell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,422 for boy births in the United States (and #17,498 across all names), given to 9 babies. Derrell was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 1987 (136 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,422 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,147 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,628 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,477 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,217 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,516 |
| 2019 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,007 |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,261 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,638 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,125 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,585 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,816 |
| 2013 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,012 |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,606 |
| 2011 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,322 |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,885 |
| 2009 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,414 |
| 2008 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,120 |
| 2007 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,771 |
| 2006 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,796 |
| 2005 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,249 |
| 2004 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,501 |
| 2003 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,801 |
| 2002 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,517 |
| 2001 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,317 |
| 2000 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,177 |
| 1999 | 49 | 49 | — | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,648 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | — | #1,912 |
| 1996 | 58 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1995 | 56 | — | — | #1,629 |
| 1994 | 97 | — | — | #1,157 |
| 1993 | 87 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 78 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1991 | 112 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1990 | 131 | — | — | #901 |
| 1989 | 128 | — | — | #893 |
| 1988 | 133 | — | — | #819 |
| 1987 | 136 | — | — | #795 |
| 1986 | 113 | — | — | #854 |
| 1985 | 107 | — | — | #878 |
| 1984 | 77 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1983 | 85 | — | — | #958 |
| 1982 | 92 | — | — | #935 |
| 1981 | 76 | — | — | #1,045 |
| 1980 | 70 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1979 | 91 | — | — | #920 |
| 1978 | 76 | — | — | #991 |
| 1977 | 62 | — | — | #1,105 |
| 1976 | 65 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1975 | 65 | — | — | #1,022 |
| 1974 | 51 | — | — | #1,154 |
| 1973 | 70 | — | — | #966 |
| 1972 | 63 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1971 | 63 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1970 | 68 | — | — | #983 |
| 1969 | 80 | — | — | #857 |
| 1968 | 63 | — | — | #913 |
| 1967 | 53 | — | — | #997 |
| 1966 | 74 | — | — | #845 |
| 1965 | 63 | — | — | #931 |
| 1964 | 82 | — | — | #842 |
| 1963 | 82 | — | #6,835 | #857 |
| 1962 | 71 | — | — | #903 |
| 1961 | 75 | — | — | #885 |
| 1960 | 77 | — | #6,589 | #893 |
| 1959 | 68 | — | — | #930 |
| 1958 | 92 | — | — | #780 |
| 1957 | 87 | — | — | #808 |
| 1956 | 63 | — | #5,446 | #991 |
| 1955 | 83 | — | — | #803 |
| 1954 | 75 | — | — | #835 |
| 1953 | 76 | — | — | #826 |
| 1952 | 72 | — | — | #828 |
| 1951 | 61 | — | — | #904 |
| 1950 | 48 | — | — | #1,012 |
| 1949 | 56 | — | — | #927 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | — | #911 |
| 1947 | 47 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1946 | 49 | — | — | #954 |
| 1945 | 43 | — | — | #974 |
| 1944 | 50 | — | — | #898 |
| 1943 | 51 | — | — | #933 |
| 1942 | 47 | — | — | #974 |
| 1941 | 46 | — | — | #942 |
| 1940 | 50 | — | — | #897 |
| 1939 | 51 | — | — | #861 |
| 1938 | 52 | — | — | #861 |
| 1937 | 42 | — | — | #972 |
| 1936 | 41 | — | — | #977 |
| 1935 | 47 | — | — | #926 |
| 1934 | 42 | — | — | #989 |
| 1933 | 46 | — | — | #928 |
| 1932 | 43 | — | — | #1,009 |
| 1931 | 29 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1930 | 22 | — | — | #1,573 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | — | #1,346 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1924 | 22 | — | — | #1,686 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | — | #1,907 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | — | #1,845 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | — | #2,246 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,311 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | — | #2,286 |
| 1917 | 15 | — | — | #2,007 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | — | #2,769 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,637 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,509 |