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
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 546 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,771since 1945
Derick over time
Rank among boys' names. Derick has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,477 | 120 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,438 | 126 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,258 | 153 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,322 | 142 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,554 | 112 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,295 | 140 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,322 | 138 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,181 | 161 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,132 | 168 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,145 | 168 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,049 | 189 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,048 | 190 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,020 | 191 | |
| 2012 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2011 | — | #816 | 267 | |
| 2010 | — | #820 | 261 | |
| 2009 | — | #828 | 263 | |
| 2008 | — | #736 | 311 | |
| 2007 | — | #691 | 343 | |
| 2006 | — | #735 | 290 | |
| 2005 | — | #703 | 292 | |
| 2004 | — | #704 | 273 | |
| 2003 | — | #700 | 271 | |
| 2002 | — | #657 | 284 | |
| 2001 | — | #652 | 286 | |
| 2000 | — | #616 | 309 | |
| 1999 | — | #605 | 303 | |
| 1998 | — | #567 | 344 | |
| 1997 | — | #566 | 332 | |
| 1996 | — | #562 | 325 | |
| 1995 | — | #558 | 334 | |
| 1994 | — | #498 | 407 | |
| 1993 | — | #503 | 410 | |
| 1992 | — | #485 | 428 | |
| 1991 | — | #481 | 420 | |
| 1990 | — | #412 | 561 | |
| 1989 | — | #387 | 571 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #385 | 511 |
| 1987 | — | #391 | 484 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #400 | 452 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #401 | 449 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #376 | 469 |
| 1983 | — | #356 | 498 | |
| 1982 | — | #365 | 489 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #360 | 488 |
| 1980 | — | #338 | 546 | |
| 1979 | — | #359 | 490 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #382 | 414 |
| 1977 | — | #456 | 310 | |
| 1976 | — | #438 | 317 | |
| 1975 | — | #487 | 270 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #481 | 273 |
| 1973 | — | #457 | 292 | |
| 1972 | — | #427 | 343 | |
| 1971 | — | #496 | 266 | |
| 1970 | — | #481 | 281 | |
| 1969 | — | #540 | 211 | |
| 1968 | — | #516 | 214 | |
| 1967 | — | #501 | 225 | |
| 1966 | — | #533 | 203 | |
| 1965 | — | #573 | 178 | |
| 1964 | — | #635 | 150 | |
| 1963 | — | #680 | 131 | |
| 1962 | — | #697 | 121 | |
| 1961 | — | #773 | 99 | |
| 1960 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1959 | — | #843 | 80 | |
| 1958 | — | #863 | 77 | |
| 1957 | — | #928 | 66 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,313 | 33 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
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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
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- North Dakota#141 · 1 in 920
- West Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,930
- Kentucky#195 · 1 in 1,910
- Iowa#205 · 1 in 2,151
- Minnesota#230 · 1 in 2,875
Best ever in a state: #116 in Rhode Island, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #141 | 6 | 1 in 920 |
| West Virginia | #194 | 6 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Kentucky | #195 | 13 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Iowa | #205 | 9 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Minnesota | #230 | 11 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Arkansas | #244 | 8 | 1 in 1,908 |
| Indiana | #254 | 14 | 1 in 2,692 |
| Utah | #261 | 8 | 1 in 2,127 |
| Missouri | #263 | 14 | 1 in 2,635 |
| Kansas | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,478 |
| Michigan | #266 | 23 | 1 in 2,832 |
| Oklahoma | #269 | 10 | 1 in 2,359 |
| Oregon | #273 | 7 | 1 in 2,600 |
| Virginia | #277 | 15 | 1 in 2,520 |
| Georgia | #283 | 19 | 1 in 2,273 |
| Mississippi | #285 | 9 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Alabama | #286 | 11 | 1 in 2,323 |
| North Carolina | #301 | 15 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Washington | #311 | 10 | 1 in 3,151 |
| Massachusetts | #327 | 8 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Maryland | #335 | 7 | 1 in 3,964 |
| Florida | #374 | 22 | 1 in 3,393 |
| Tennessee | #374 | 7 | 1 in 4,606 |
| Louisiana | #377 | 12 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Ohio | #383 | 14 | 1 in 5,506 |
| Pennsylvania | #397 | 12 | 1 in 6,422 |
| New York | #447 | 24 | 1 in 5,044 |
| California | #456 | 45 | 1 in 4,964 |
| Texas | #469 | 32 | 1 in 4,599 |
| Illinois | #554 | 11 | 1 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1980 at #338 (546 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1957–2012
- 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%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Derick (4,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 29 | #2,326 (1948) | #3,025 |
| 1950s | 369 | #843 (1959) | #1,630 |
| 1960s | 1,621 | #501 (1967) | #626 |
| 1970s | 3,256 | #359 (1979) | #446 |
| 1980s | 4,957 | #338 (1980) | #376 |
| 1990s | 3,864 | #412 (1990) | #524 |
| 2000s | 2,922 | #616 (2000) | #702 |
| 2010s | 1,960 | #816 (2011) | #1,044 |
| 2020s | 793 | #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
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
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).
Tied with 1,828 names at #10,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.