Dereck

#688 for boys in 2025, 396 births

Peak · boys
2024 · 413 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,296
since 1949

Dereck over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dereck has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981boysat peak
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#688396
2024#663413
2023#835291
2022#1,076203
2021#1,397131
2020#1,437120
2019#1,592104
2018#1,489116
2017#1,256145
2016#1,399125
2015#1,353129
2014#1,225149
2013#1,149157
2012#1,299133
2011#1,136159
2010#1,228144
2009#1,118165
2008#1,154157
2007#1,188148
2006#1,438108
2005#1,201132
2004#1,394102
2003#1,41094
2002#1,48385
2001#1,37992
2000#1,48782
1999#1,32990
1998#1,39283
1997#1,154106
1996#1,33481
1995#1,066111
1994#1,078107
1993#958126
1992#917133
1991#893139
1990#777170
1989#724187
1988#739163
1987#708167
1986#760142
1985#746142
1984#715148
1983#669163
1982#690158
1981#771128
1980#701153
1979#851104
1978#98377
1977#1,03669
1976#1,11158
1975#96173
1974#97770
1973#86584
1972#91177
1971#92877
1970#84890
1969#90072
1968#89365
1967#99253
1966#99154
1965#1,06448
1964#1,02554
1963#1,06951
1962#1,14745
1961#1,14847
1960#1,09850
1959#1,33734
1958#1,30535
1957#1,58325
1956#1,64223
1955#1,61123
1954#1,76219
1953#2,53110
1952#2,25112
1951#2,49510
1950#3,6815
1949#3,6905
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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 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNHWashington: #479 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,353 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMNIllinois: #560 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,694 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMINew York: #809 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 14,193 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #860 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 15,452 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedARTennessee: #403 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,396 boysTNNorth Carolina: #480 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,305 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #609 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,332 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedALGeorgia: #547 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,710 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedHITexas: #845 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 13,773 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dereck, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#403 · 1 in 5,396
  2. Washington#479 · 1 in 6,353
  3. North Carolina#480 · 1 in 6,305
  4. Georgia#547 · 1 in 6,710
  5. Illinois#560 · 1 in 7,694

Best ever in a state: #218 in West Virginia, 1990.

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Tennessee#40361 in 5,396
Washington#47951 in 6,353
North Carolina#48061 in 6,305
Georgia#54761 in 6,710
Illinois#560111 in 7,694
Louisiana#60951 in 7,332
New York#80981 in 14,193
Texas#845101 in 13,773
California#860131 in 15,452
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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.

See more about Dereck
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#663 → #688)
  • 749 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #688)
  • 665 spots since 2015 (#1,353 → #688)
  • Biggest jump: 241 spots in 2023 (#1,076 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1976 (#961 → #1,111)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s196#1,305 (1958)#2,020
1960s539#893 (1968)#1,033
1970s779#848 (1970)#947
1980s1,551#669 (1983)#722
1990s1,146#777 (1990)#1,090
2000s1,165#1,118 (2009)#1,325
2010s1,361#1,136 (2011)#1,313
2020s1,554#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.

Dereck in 1981

boys
#771
128 births · 1 in 13,994 boys

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #771Dereck128
More about 1981

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 13,994 of them was named Dereck, which outranked 89.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dereck
  1. #767Percy130
  2. #767Randell130
  3. #770Dominique129
  4. #771Dereck128
  5. #772Federico127
  6. #772Kaleb127
  7. #772Stacey127
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →