Derek
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #284 for boys in 2025, 1,191 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 7,240 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 239,060since 1924
Derek over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #284 | 1,191 | |
| 2024 | — | #258 | 1,357 | |
| 2023 | — | #273 | 1,240 | |
| 2022 | — | #297 | 1,156 | |
| 2021 | — | #302 | 1,095 | |
| 2020 | — | #309 | 1,063 | |
| 2019 | — | #304 | 1,115 | |
| 2018 | — | #256 | 1,409 | |
| 2017 | — | #239 | 1,546 | |
| 2016 | — | #226 | 1,716 | |
| 2015 | — | #211 | 1,885 | |
| 2014 | — | #205 | 1,881 | |
| 2013 | — | #205 | 1,875 | |
| 2012 | — | #182 | 2,116 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #181 | 2,142 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #170 | 2,293 |
| 2009 | — | #168 | 2,309 | |
| 2008 | — | #159 | 2,488 | |
| 2007 | — | #142 | 2,854 | |
| 2006 | — | #159 | 2,647 | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #172 | 2,420 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #157 | 2,545 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #149 | 2,754 |
| 2002 | — | #139 | 2,787 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #132 | 3,007 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #121 | 3,214 |
| 1999 | — | #113 | 3,190 | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #110 | 3,410 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #106 | 3,672 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #101 | 3,920 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #83 | 4,452 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #77 | 5,081 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #67 | 5,762 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #62 | 6,293 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | #59 | 6,893 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #54 | 8,083 |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | #54 | 8,365 |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | #53 | 8,073 |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | #54 | 8,253 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #57 | 6,900 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 | #56 | 6,661 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #52 | 6,972 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | #51 | 6,986 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 | #50 | 6,992 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 | #53 | 6,481 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 | #50 | 7,240 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #72 | 4,200 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #75 | 3,800 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #84 | 3,441 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | #84 | 3,168 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #83 | 3,186 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #74 | 3,636 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #69 | 3,919 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #67 | 4,146 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #63 | 4,667 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #77 | 4,147 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #109 | 2,925 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #122 | 2,460 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #123 | 2,447 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #141 | 2,111 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #167 | 1,801 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #172 | 1,589 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #177 | 1,636 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #188 | 1,600 |
| 1961 | — | #205 | 1,405 | |
| 1960 | — | #247 | 1,047 | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #254 | 984 |
| 1958 | — | #256 | 917 | |
| 1957 | — | #283 | 677 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #299 | 614 |
| 1955 | — | #330 | 501 | |
| 1954 | — | #363 | 393 | |
| 1953 | — | #373 | 338 | |
| 1952 | — | #364 | 341 | |
| 1951 | — | #408 | 278 | |
| 1950 | — | #471 | 202 | |
| 1949 | — | #641 | 113 | |
| 1948 | — | #862 | 63 | |
| 1947 | — | #889 | 61 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1944 | — | #949 | 46 | |
| 1943 | — | #714 | 81 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,228 | 32 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Derek! It came in at #3,867, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1928, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Derek
- 26 spots since 2024 (#258 → #284)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#309 → #284)
- 73 spots since 2015 (#211 → #284)
- Biggest jump: 514 spots in 1943 (#1,228 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1944 (#714 → #949)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1980 at #50 (7,240 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1970–1995
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1943–2025
- Highest: 1 in 226 boys born in 1987 were named Derek (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,434 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #50 in 1980, was only 1 in 246 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.5% of all boys named Derek (72,923) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,713 |
| 1930s | 155 | #1,205 (1936) | #1,966 |
| 1940s | 533 | #641 (1949) | #1,010 |
| 1950s | 5,245 | #254 (1959) | #340 |
| 1960s | 19,021 | #109 (1969) | #165 |
| 1970s | 38,310 | #63 (1971) | #75 |
| 1980s | 72,923 | #50 (1980) | #53 |
| 1990s | 50,756 | #54 (1990) | #83 |
| 2000s | 27,025 | #121 (2000) | #150 |
| 2010s | 17,978 | #170 (2010) | #218 |
| 2020s | 7,102 | #258 (2024) | #287 |
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.
Derek in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 280,943 of them was named Derek, which outranked 30.2% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,865Yolander8
- #4,865Zenda8
- #4,865Zeta8
- #5,293Derek7
- #5,293Adalia7
- #5,293Adel7
- #5,293Adraine7
- #5,860Adana6
- #5,860Adrien6
- #5,860Aidee6
Tied with 566 names at #5,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 1,293 of them was named Derek, which outranked 95.9% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.