Derinda
A girl's name of Germanic origin with 435 recorded U.S. births.
Meaning & Origin
Among U.S. girl's names, Derinda is not in the current national top 1,000. In fact, it is among the rarest names in the SSA dataset — a choice that signals bold individuality.
Appearing in records from 1944 to 1984, Derinda has a solid multi-decade track record without being a permanent fixture — it belongs to a specific chapter of American naming.
Derinda is not in the current top 1,000 girl names nationally, making it an uncommon choice — though your state or community may differ.
Derinda is a girl's baby name of Germanic origin, a creative feminization of Derrick or Derek, meaning 'ruler of the people,' with the flowing -inda suffix popular in mid-20th-century American naming. The combination creates something more graceful than its masculine root.
Derinda has a gentle, old-fashioned quality — a name found in church records from the 1940s and 50s, when parents gave daughters feminine forms of fathers' names as a way of honoring family while creating a new identity.
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Names travel. They cross oceans, change spelling, shift pronunciation, and accumulate new associations with each culture that adopts them. Derinda is rooted in the Germanic tradition, but its presence in American naming since 1944 means it has been shaped by English phonetics, local customs, and the cultural context of the families who chose it.
Derinda’s rarity (435 recorded births) may indicate it is strongly tied to a specific cultural community or family tradition, rather than part of the broader American naming mainstream.
At a Glance
Popularity Over Time
Derinda has 35+ years of history in the U.S., first appearing in 1944.
Popularity by Decade
| Decade | Births | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 | ▼ |
| 1970s | 60 | ▼ |
| 1960s | 155 | ▲ |
| 1950s | 153 | ▲ |
| 1940s | 57 | — |
The Story of Derinda
A Baby Boomer name
Peaking in 1953, Derinda is a timeless Baby Boomer name. Girls named Derinda are most likely born between 1944 and 1963.
How rare is Derinda?
With fewer than 500 recorded births, Derinda is an exceptionally rare name — a one-of-a-kind choice.
The journey through the decades
First appeared in the records in 1944, peaked in the 1960s with 155 births that decade, and has since become a rare, vintage choice.
Derinda by the numbers
- Would fill 9 school buses
- Meeting one Derinda per day would take 1.2 years
Year-by-Year Data
View complete yearly data(35 years, 1944–1984)
| Year | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | #10823 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10791 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7824 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9987 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7356 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6220 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6079 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7619 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3334 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6835 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2986 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3708 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3784 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3441 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2929 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2801 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2756 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2981 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3388 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2781 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Showing years with 5+ recorded births.
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Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration, 1944–1984