Deryn
Deryn is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Deryn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deryn is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Deryn
As a girl name
American parents first put Deryn on the record books as a girl name in 1993, with 10 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 14 Deryns were born — ranking #6,719 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Deryns. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 201 Deryns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Deryn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 8 births, good for #8,814 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Deryns. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 33 Deryns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Deryn
Deryn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 201 births in the dataset. Deryn's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #6,719. Use the chart and map above to compare Deryn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.