Derrion
Masculine
Derrion is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,471 boys against 45 girls since 1880.
The -rion ending in American naming comes from the sky. Orion supplied it, and once the sound was established it detached and became available: Derrion, Terrion, Marion and Jarrion all carry a piece of the winter constellation without any of them meaning to.
How old is the name Derrion?
Derrion first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Derrion alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,400 people named Derrion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Derrion most popular?
Derrion peaked in 2001, reaching #1659 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 5,144 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Derrion
Endings detach from the names that made them familiar and go into general circulation, and the process leaves no trace. The -rion of Derrion is a good example: Orion and Marion were both in American use through the twentieth century, both three syllables with the weight in the middle, and once the shape was familiar it became a slot that a prefix could fill. That is the whole mechanism, and it explains why so many American coinages sound established the first time they are heard. What it does not do is transfer any meaning; Orion's own name is unreadable even in Greek, and Marion means Mary, and Derrion means neither. Its best year in United States records is 2001.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited etymology. The De- prefix and the -rion ending are both free elements in American naming. Orion, the likely source of the ending, has no secure etymology of its own; proposals include a pre-Greek substrate word and an Akkadian phrase meaning light of heaven. Nothing of that reaches this name.
Pronouncing Derrion
DAIR-ee-un
Three syllables with the stress at the front. Some families say duh-RY-un, following Orion, and both are current.
Nicknames for Derrion
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 200789 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1659reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%12 in 2025, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Derrion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Darrion in English — spelling variant
- Derion in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Derrions among us
people named Derrion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Derrion
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Benjy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Derrion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Benjy climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Benjy's path sketches the road Derrion is walking now.
Derrion sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Derrion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Derrion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Three syllables give it more weight than most short coinages.
- Rion and Ron are two short forms that sound quite different.
- The rhythm matches Marion and Orion, so it never sounds unfamiliar.
- Darrion, Derion and Derrion all circulate and split the records.
- Two pronunciations compete and the spelling does not settle them.
- The name has no meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Derrions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Derrion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Derrion in 2025?
- Derrion ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Derrion?
- About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Derrion — 12 in all.
- Will my child share the name Derrion with classmates?
- Derrion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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