Dereck
- #688 for boys in 2025, 396 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 413 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,296since 1949
Dereck over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dereck has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #688 | 396 |
| 2024 | #663 | 413 |
| 2023 | #835 | 291 |
| 2022 | #1,076 | 203 |
| 2021 | #1,397 | 131 |
| 2020 | #1,437 | 120 |
| 2019 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #1,489 | 116 |
| 2017 | #1,256 | 145 |
| 2016 | #1,399 | 125 |
| 2015 | #1,353 | 129 |
| 2014 | #1,225 | 149 |
| 2013 | #1,149 | 157 |
| 2012 | #1,299 | 133 |
| 2011 | #1,136 | 159 |
| 2010 | #1,228 | 144 |
| 2009 | #1,118 | 165 |
| 2008 | #1,154 | 157 |
| 2007 | #1,188 | 148 |
| 2006 | #1,438 | 108 |
| 2005 | #1,201 | 132 |
| 2004 | #1,394 | 102 |
| 2003 | #1,410 | 94 |
| 2002 | #1,483 | 85 |
| 2001 | #1,379 | 92 |
| 2000 | #1,487 | 82 |
| 1999 | #1,329 | 90 |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 83 |
| 1997 | #1,154 | 106 |
| 1996 | #1,334 | 81 |
| 1995 | #1,066 | 111 |
| 1994 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1993 | #958 | 126 |
| 1992 | #917 | 133 |
| 1991 | #893 | 139 |
| 1990 | #777 | 170 |
| 1989 | #724 | 187 |
| 1988 | #739 | 163 |
| 1987 | #708 | 167 |
| 1986 | #760 | 142 |
| 1985 | #746 | 142 |
| 1984 | #715 | 148 |
| 1983 | #669 | 163 |
| 1982 | #690 | 158 |
| 1981 | #771 | 128 |
| 1980 | #701 | 153 |
| 1979 | #851 | 104 |
| 1978 | #983 | 77 |
| 1977 | #1,036 | 69 |
| 1976 | #1,111 | 58 |
| 1975 | #961 | 73 |
| 1974 | #977 | 70 |
| 1973 | #865 | 84 |
| 1972 | #911 | 77 |
| 1971 | #928 | 77 |
| 1970 | #848 | 90 |
| 1969 | #900 | 72 |
| 1968 | #893 | 65 |
| 1967 | #992 | 53 |
| 1966 | #991 | 54 |
| 1965 | #1,064 | 48 |
| 1964 | #1,025 | 54 |
| 1963 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #1,148 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,098 | 50 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,305 | 35 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five boys were named Dereck! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dereck is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Maryland#300 · 1 in 1,272
- Connecticut#326 · 1 in 1,467
- New Jersey#344 · 1 in 1,657
- New York#424 · 1 in 2,111
- Tennessee#430 · 1 in 2,043
Best ever in a state: #218 in West Virginia, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #300 | 18 | 1 in 1,272 |
| Connecticut | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,467 |
| New Jersey | #344 | 24 | 1 in 1,657 |
| New York | #424 | 40 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Tennessee | #430 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Utah | #473 | 9 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Texas | #477 | 70 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Illinois | #532 | 18 | 1 in 2,753 |
| South Carolina | #552 | 8 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Virginia | #587 | 12 | 1 in 3,104 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Florida | #621 | 27 | 1 in 3,538 |
| Colorado | #626 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| California | #667 | 41 | 1 in 4,280 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 25 spots since 2024 (#663 → #688)
- 749 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #688)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 2023
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1976
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2024 at #663 (413 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1978–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,172
- Highest: 1 in 4,172 boys born in 2024 were named Dereck (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,313 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 18.7% of all boys named Dereck (1,554) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 196 | #1,305 (1958) | #2,020 |
| 1960s | 539 | #893 (1968) | #1,033 |
| 1970s | 779 | #848 (1970) | #947 |
| 1980s | 1,551 | #669 (1983) | #722 |
| 1990s | 1,146 | #777 (1990) | #1,090 |
| 2000s | 1,165 | #1,118 (2009) | #1,325 |
| 2010s | 1,361 | #1,136 (2011) | #1,313 |
| 2020s | 1,554 | #663 (2024) | #1,016 |
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.
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