Derik

Where Derik comes from

Derik hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1952
    First appearance
    #3,095 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Peak, #638
    186 babies named Derik — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,246.
  4. 2004
    Derik Queen born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Derik Queen · American basketball player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.