Derick

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1980 · 546 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
19,771
since 1945

Derick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Derick has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #338, 1980boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,477120
2024#1,438126
2023#1,258153
2022#1,322142
2021#1,554112
2020#1,295140
2019#1,322138
2018#1,181161
2017#1,132168
2016#1,145168
2015#1,049189
2014#1,048190
2013#1,020191
2012#909227
2011#816267
2010#820261
2009#828263
2008#736311
2007#691343
2006#735290
2005#703292
2004#704273
2003#700271
2002#657284
2001#652286
2000#616309
1999#605303
1998#567344
1997#566332
1996#562325
1995#558334
1994#498407
1993#503410
1992#485428
1991#481420
1990#412561
1989#387571
1988#10,3866#385511
1987#391484
1986#9,5456#400452
1985#10,6775#401449
1984#9,1446#376469
1983#356498
1982#365489
1981#10,4115#360488
1980#338546
1979#359490
1978#9,7505#382414
1977#456310
1976#438317
1975#487270
1974#7,6806#481273
1973#457292
1972#427343
1971#496266
1970#481281
1969#540211
1968#516214
1967#501225
1966#533203
1965#573178
1964#635150
1963#680131
1962#697121
1961#77399
1960#80889
1959#84380
1958#86377
1957#92866
1956#1,14044
1955#1,31333
1954#1,82618
1953#1,76519
1952#1,93916
1951#2,6629
1950#3,0217
1949#3,2986
1948#2,32611
1947#3,7335
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five boys were named Derick! It came in at #2,743, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Derick is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWAIdaho: #254 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,392 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #363 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,159 boysMNIllinois: #760 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,381 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWIMichigan: #380 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,285 boysMINew York: #503 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 4,840 boysNYMassachusetts: #356 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,292 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedRIOregon: #350 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,734 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSDIowa: #315 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,826 boysIAIndiana: #314 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,689 boysINOhio: #450 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,899 boysOHPennsylvania: #417 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,316 boysPANew Jersey: #585 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,319 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #523 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 5,559 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedUTColorado: #453 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,052 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNEMissouri: #332 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,893 boysMOKentucky: #266 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,345 boysKYWest Virginia: #208 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,644 boysWVVirginia: #381 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,928 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedKSArkansas: #330 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,313 boysARTennessee: #539 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,767 boysTNNorth Carolina: #390 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,196 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #332 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,409 boysOKLouisiana: #403 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,555 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMSAlabama: #440 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,595 boysALGeorgia: #772 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,011 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedHITexas: #477 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 4,031 boysTXFlorida: #489 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,272 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#208 · 1 in 1,644
  2. Idaho#254 · 1 in 1,392
  3. Kentucky#266 · 1 in 2,345
  4. Indiana#314 · 1 in 2,689
  5. Iowa#315 · 1 in 2,826

Best ever in a state: #116 in Rhode Island, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#20861 in 1,644
Idaho#25451 in 1,392
Kentucky#266101 in 2,345
Indiana#314141 in 2,689
Iowa#31561 in 2,826
Arkansas#33061 in 2,313
Missouri#332121 in 2,893
Oklahoma#33281 in 2,409
Oregon#35071 in 2,734
Massachusetts#35691 in 4,292
Minnesota#36371 in 4,159
Michigan#380191 in 3,285
Virginia#381141 in 2,928
North Carolina#390141 in 3,196
Louisiana#403111 in 2,555
Pennsylvania#417171 in 4,316
Alabama#44071 in 3,595
Ohio#450151 in 4,899
Colorado#45361 in 4,052
Texas#477381 in 4,031
Florida#489201 in 4,272
New York#503261 in 4,840
California#523481 in 5,559
Tennessee#53961 in 5,767
New Jersey#58581 in 6,319
Illinois#76091 in 9,381
Georgia#77261 in 8,011
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Derick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#1,438#1,477)
  • 182 spots since 2020 (#1,295#1,477)
  • 428 spots since 2015 (#1,049#1,477)
  • Biggest jump: 212 spots in 1957 (#1,140#928)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 2013 (#909#1,020)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1980 at #338 (546 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1957–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,267
  • Highest: 1 in 3,267 boys born in 1980 were named Derick (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Derick (4,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s29#2,326 (1948)#3,025
1950s369#843 (1959)#1,630
1960s1,621#501 (1967)#626
1970s3,256#359 (1979)#446
1980s4,957#338 (1980)#376
1990s3,864#412 (1990)#524
2000s2,922#616 (2000)#702
2010s1,960#816 (2011)#1,044
2020s793#1,258 (2023)#1,391

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.

Derick in 1994

boys
#498
407 births · 1 in 4,747 boys

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #498Derick407
More about 1994

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 4,747 of them was named Derick, which outranked 95.1% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derick
  1. #495Bernard413
  2. #495Damion413
  3. #497Barry409
  4. #498Derick407
  5. #498Mitchel407
  6. #500Nathanael404
  7. #500Tyson404
  8. #502Austen403

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994