Deric

#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births

Peak · boys
1970 · 117 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,744
since 1952

Deric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deric has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #763, 1970boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#7,76510
2023#8,9218
2022#6,82812
2021#4,62821
2020#5,98014
2019#4,33723
2018#3,99326
2017#4,46622
2016#3,68129
2015#2,91940
2014#2,98538
2013#2,62345
2012#2,86941
2011#2,34654
2010#2,55648
2009#2,52850
2008#2,51550
2007#2,18561
2006#2,10262
2005#1,64882
2004#2,23851
2003#1,67374
2002#1,86960
2001#1,60074
2000#1,290100
1999#1,34289
1998#1,30191
1997#1,32685
1996#1,141104
1995#1,066111
1994#1,16396
1993#1,033114
1992#1,097100
1991#999115
1990#1,026106
1989#926120
1988#950103
1987#866116
1986#95891
1985#99584
1984#96085
1983#93090
1982#840111
1981#858106
1980#792122
1979#88298
1978#811111
1977#88292
1976#89785
1975#92578
1974#786103
1973#91477
1972#81596
1971#83894
1970#763117
1969#80492
1968#84075
1967#94858
1966#96856
1965#93462
1964#97361
1963#1,25538
1962#1,18743
1961#1,19644
1960#1,55227
1959#1,62024
1958#1,95317
1957#2,37512
1956#2,7989
1955#2,7649
1954#3,4526
1953#2,9058
1952#3,0957
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five boys were named Deric! It came in at #3,095, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1956, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Deric is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedIAIndiana: #447 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,743 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNEMissouri: #417 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,857 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedLAMississippi: #409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,835 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedALGeorgia: #418 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,206 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedHITexas: #639 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 8,012 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Deric, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#409 · 1 in 3,835
  2. Missouri#417 · 1 in 5,857
  3. Georgia#418 · 1 in 4,206
  4. Indiana#447 · 1 in 6,743
  5. Texas#639 · 1 in 8,012

Best ever in a state: #267 in Iowa, 1982.

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Mississippi#40951 in 3,835
Missouri#41761 in 5,857
Georgia#41891 in 4,206
Indiana#44761 in 6,743
Texas#639141 in 8,012
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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 Deric
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 571 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #7,194)
  • 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
  • 4,275 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1964 (#1,255 → #973)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1975 (#786 → #925)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 1970 at #763 (117 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1964–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,623
  • Highest: 1 in 14,623 boys born in 1980 were named Deric (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #763 in 1970, was only 1 in 15,882 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Deric (1,028) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s92#1,620 (1959)#2,620
1960s556#804 (1969)#1,066
1970s951#763 (1970)#851
1980s1,028#792 (1980)#908
1990s1,011#999 (1991)#1,149
2000s664#1,290 (2000)#1,965
2010s366#2,346 (2011)#3,278
2020s76#4,628 (2021)#6,886

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.

Deric in 1977

boys
#882
92 births · 1 in 17,861 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #882Deric92
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 17,861 of them was named Deric, which outranked 87.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deric
  1. #875Shea93
  2. #875Silas93
  3. #875Wilfred93
  4. #882Deric92
  5. #882Augustine92
  6. #882Brook92
  7. #882Erwin92
  8. #893Bobbie91
  9. #893Vito91
  10. #895Coby90

Tied with 10 names at #882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →