Derry

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Derry: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Derry: Recorded since 1975, it reached #253 in 1989, and it stood at #3,048 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#253highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#1979
2000	#3247
2004	#4598
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2019	#3541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 42 years from 1975 to 2016.

In 2016: #541 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2556 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1975–2016
Highest recorded position: #253 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1989 (recorded 1975–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3048 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Derry appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 26 ranked years and 221 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1975.

Derry across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Derry's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1975)	#253 (1989)	#541 (2016)	16 of 42	70 (1975–2016)	10 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#654 (1996)	#3048 (2022)	26 of 27	221 (1996–2022)	24 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#1979 (1998)	#1979 (1998)	#3541 (2019)	8 of 22	34 (1998–2019)	8 (1998)

Derry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Derry in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	61	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2010s	67	10 of 10	7
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Derry appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #253 in Republic of Ireland in 1989.

Derry's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2022, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #253, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Monty · #253, 30y
Chantal · #252, 32y
Ma · #252, 36y
Medina · #254, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Chantal · #252, 32y
Glynn · #254, 13y
Ivana · #252, 51y

Derry was ranked #253 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1989. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Derry and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Derry without appearing here.

Derry moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5742 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5691 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5691 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Derry

Amalie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #985.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1741.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #926.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.

Moved the opposite way to Derry

Aaron Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 while Aaron went from #123 to #24.
Adam Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 while Adam went from #150 to #7.
Alex Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 while Alex went from #321 to #17.
Alexander Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 while Alexander went from #131 to #49.

Moved the same way as Derry

Alfred Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 and Alfred from #251 to #353.
Denis Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 and Denis from #48 to #145.
Edward Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 and Edward from #31 to #90.
Francis Compare
Between 1975 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Derry went from #321 to #541 and Francis from #40 to #263.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #253 in Republic of Ireland in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Derry

Derry at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Derry across 3 official records

Derry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Derry appears in

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Derry at a glance

Derry across 3 official records

Derry by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Derry appears in

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Derry

Derry and the names beside it

Derry moved ahead of

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