Deric

Where Deric comes from

The dictionaries list Deric 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. 1952
    First appearance
    #3,095 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Peak, #763
    117 babies named Deric — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    Deric Ruttan born
    Canadian singer
  4. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,238.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.
Namesakes
  • Deric Ruttan · Canadian singer, born 1972

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.