Derick

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #10,386 · #1,477 for boys in 2025, 120 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1980 · 546 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
19,771
since 1945

Derick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Derick has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #338, 1980boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,477120
2024—#1,438126
2023—#1,258153
2022—#1,322142
2021—#1,554112
2020—#1,295140
2019—#1,322138
2018—#1,181161
2017—#1,132168
2016—#1,145168
2015—#1,049189
2014—#1,048190
2013—#1,020191
2012—#909227
2011—#816267
2010—#820261
2009—#828263
2008—#736311
2007—#691343
2006—#735290
2005—#703292
2004—#704273
2003—#700271
2002—#657284
2001—#652286
2000—#616309
1999—#605303
1998—#567344
1997—#566332
1996—#562325
1995—#558334
1994—#498407
1993—#503410
1992—#485428
1991—#481420
1990—#412561
1989—#387571
1988#10,3866#385511
1987—#391484
1986#9,5456#400452
1985#10,6775#401449
1984#9,1446#376469
1983—#356498
1982—#365489
1981#10,4115#360488
1980—#338546
1979—#359490
1978#9,7505#382414
1977—#456310
1976—#438317
1975—#487270
1974#7,6806#481273
1973—#457292
1972—#427343
1971—#496266
1970—#481281
1969—#540211
1968—#516214
1967—#501225
1966—#533203
1965—#573178
1964—#635150
1963—#680131
1962—#697121
1961—#77399
1960—#80889
1959—#84380
1958—#86377
1957—#92866
1956—#1,14044
1955—#1,31333
1954—#1,82618
1953—#1,76519
1952—#1,93916
1951—#2,6629
1950—#3,0217
1949—#3,2986
1948—#2,32611
1947—#3,7335
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1945—#2,7437
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five boys were named Derick! It came in at #2,743, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Derick is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNHWashington: #311 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,151 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #141 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 920 boysNDMinnesota: #230 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,875 boysMNIllinois: #554 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,479 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWIMichigan: #266 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,832 boysMINew York: #447 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 5,044 boysNYMassachusetts: #327 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,900 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedRIOregon: #273 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,600 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSDIowa: #205 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,151 boysIAIndiana: #254 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,692 boysINOhio: #383 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,506 boysOHPennsylvania: #397 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,422 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #456 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 4,964 boysCAUtah: #261 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,127 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNEMissouri: #263 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,635 boysMOKentucky: #195 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,910 boysKYWest Virginia: #194 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,930 boysWVVirginia: #277 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,520 boysVAMaryland: #335 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,964 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNMKansas: #266 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,478 boysKSArkansas: #244 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,908 boysARTennessee: #374 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,606 boysTNNorth Carolina: #301 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,702 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #269 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,359 boysOKLouisiana: #377 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,987 boysLAMississippi: #285 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,930 boysMSAlabama: #286 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,323 boysALGeorgia: #283 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,273 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedHITexas: #469 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 4,599 boysTXFlorida: #374 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 3,393 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#141 · 1 in 920
  2. West Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,930
  3. Kentucky#195 · 1 in 1,910
  4. Iowa#205 · 1 in 2,151
  5. Minnesota#230 · 1 in 2,875

Best ever in a state: #116 in Rhode Island, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#14161 in 920
West Virginia#19461 in 1,930
Kentucky#195131 in 1,910
Iowa#20591 in 2,151
Minnesota#230111 in 2,875
Arkansas#24481 in 1,908
Indiana#254141 in 2,692
Utah#26181 in 2,127
Missouri#263141 in 2,635
Kansas#26671 in 2,478
Michigan#266231 in 2,832
Oklahoma#269101 in 2,359
Oregon#27371 in 2,600
Virginia#277151 in 2,520
Georgia#283191 in 2,273
Mississippi#28591 in 1,930
Alabama#286111 in 2,323
North Carolina#301151 in 2,702
Washington#311101 in 3,151
Massachusetts#32781 in 4,900
Maryland#33571 in 3,964
Florida#374221 in 3,393
Tennessee#37471 in 4,606
Louisiana#377121 in 2,987
Ohio#383141 in 5,506
Pennsylvania#397121 in 6,422
New York#447241 in 5,044
California#456451 in 4,964
Texas#469321 in 4,599
Illinois#554111 in 7,479
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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 Derick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#1,438 → #1,477)
  • 182 spots since 2020 (#1,295 → #1,477)
  • 428 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,477)
  • Biggest jump: 212 spots in 1957 (#1,140 → #928)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 2013 (#909 → #1,020)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1980 at #338 (546 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1957–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,267
  • Highest: 1 in 3,267 boys born in 1980 were named Derick (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,234 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Derick (4,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s29#2,326 (1948)#3,025
1950s369#843 (1959)#1,630
1960s1,621#501 (1967)#626
1970s3,256#359 (1979)#446
1980s4,957#338 (1980)#376
1990s3,864#412 (1990)#524
2000s2,922#616 (2000)#702
2010s1,960#816 (2011)#1,044
2020s793#1,258 (2023)#1,391

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.

Derick in 1985

girls
#10,677
5 births · 1 in 344,166 girls
boys
#401
449 births · 1 in 4,116 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #10,677Derick5

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #401Derick449
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 344,166 of them was named Derick, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derick
  1. #9,307Zeena6
  2. #9,307Zeinab6
  3. #9,307Zohra6
  4. #10,677Derick5
  5. #10,677Aamanda5
  6. #10,677Aarthi5
  7. #10,677Abbagail5

Tied with 1,828 names at #10,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 4,116 of them was named Derick, which outranked 94.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derick
  1. #398Bradford453
  2. #398Elliot453
  3. #400Gustavo452
  4. #401Derick449
  5. #402Jarred448
  6. #402Lloyd448
  7. #404Jamar447
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →