Darrick

Where Darrick comes from

The dictionaries list Darrick 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. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,316 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Darrick Martin born
    American basketball player
  3. 1971
    Peak, #407
    393 babies named Darrick — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #701.
  5. 1984
    Darrick Brown born
    American football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Namesakes
  • Darrick Martin · American basketball player, born 1971
  • Darrick Brown · American football player, born 1984
  • Darrick Vaughn · American football player, born 1978
  • Darrick Forrest · American football player, born 1999

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.