Derek

Other ways to spell Derek

5 other spellings sound the same in the SSA's records.

Sounds like
/dˈɛɹɪk/

How the espeak speech engine reads Derek. Hear it said

Counted as one name
#256

For boys in 2025, if every name’s spellings were counted together this way. Derek, the most-given spelling, is #284 on its own.

Spellings given to boys in 2025: 1,479 births in all

  1. #284Derek1,191
  2. #850Derrick288

Also given in other years or to girls: Derrik, Derric, Derryck, Derryk.

Close, but counted apart

These sound a little different to the speech engine, so each is counted on its own.

How spellings are grouped: every name in the SSA’s records was read aloud by espeak, an open-source speech engine, and spellings with the same reading (ignoring stress and vowel length) are counted together. It reads the letters, not what parents meant, so some calls will be off.