Derrek

Where Derrek comes from

The dictionaries list Derrek as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #3,021 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Derrek Dickey born
    American basketball player
  3. 1975
    Derrek Lee born
    American baseball player
  4. 1989
    Peak, #891
    128 babies named Derrek — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,693.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Namesakes
  • Derrek Lee · American baseball player, born 1975
  • Derrek Dickey · American basketball player, 1951–2002

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.