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Derwood

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Derwood is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
191934 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
1,021people given the name
Babies named Derwood, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,021 boys have been named Derwood in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 34 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 26%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Derwood
1910s158
1920s263
1930s189
1940s157
1950s136
1960s91
1970s27

In 1919, its biggest year

Derwood was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.

Names that rose and fell with Derwood

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.