Dedric
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,863since 1961
Dedric over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dedric has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,456 | 27 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,126 | 43 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,228 | 38 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,908 | 47 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,210 | 36 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,214 | 34 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,227 | 32 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,723 | 33 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,524 | 40 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,056 | 70 | |
| 1978 | — | #932 | 86 | |
| 1977 | — | #822 | 107 | |
| 1976 | — | #853 | 95 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #886 | 87 |
| 1974 | — | #903 | 80 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,014 | 63 |
| 1972 | — | #984 | 68 | |
| 1971 | — | #821 | 97 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #940 | 72 |
| 1969 | — | #1,000 | 59 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five boys were named Dedric! It came in at #3,097, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,439 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #8,910)
- 171 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 1,735 spots in 1969 (#2,735 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1972 (#821 → #984)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1971 at #821 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1974–1978
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,357
- Highest: 1 in 15,357 boys born in 1977 were named Dedric (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #821 in 1971, was only 1 in 18,231 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 44.3% of all boys named Dedric (825) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87 | #1,000 (1969) | #2,959 |
| 1970s | 825 | #821 (1971) | #921 |
| 1980s | 213 | #1,524 (1980) | #2,649 |
| 1990s | 343 | #1,908 (1996) | #2,341 |
| 2000s | 231 | #2,476 (2000) | #4,215 |
| 2010s | 131 | #4,621 (2013) | #6,413 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,381 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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