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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #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 2004

  • 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: #750 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,899 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMNIllinois: #868 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,704 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWIMichigan: #895 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,354 boysMINew York: #520 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 4,221 boysNYMassachusetts: #390 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,402 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedORNevada: #427 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,766 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedIAIndiana: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,750 boysINOhio: #930 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,111 boysOHPennsylvania: #644 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,343 boysPANew Jersey: #809 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,913 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #513 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 4,757 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedUTColorado: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,925 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedARTennessee: #729 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,184 boysTNNorth Carolina: #590 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,096 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedALGeorgia: #719 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,833 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedHITexas: #631 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 5,779 boysTXFlorida: #569 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,346 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#390 · 1 in 3,402
  2. Nevada#427 · 1 in 2,766
  3. California#513 · 1 in 4,757
  4. New York#520 · 1 in 4,221
  5. Florida#569 · 1 in 4,346

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#390101 in 3,402
Nevada#42751 in 2,766
California#513531 in 4,757
New York#520261 in 4,221
Florida#569221 in 4,346
North Carolina#590101 in 5,096
Texas#631311 in 5,779
Pennsylvania#644101 in 6,343
Colorado#67051 in 5,925
Georgia#719101 in 5,833
Tennessee#72951 in 7,184
Washington#75051 in 6,899
Indiana#76551 in 7,750
New Jersey#80961 in 7,913
Illinois#86891 in 8,704
Michigan#89561 in 9,354
Ohio#93061 in 11,111
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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 2004

boys
#704
273 births · 1 in 7,271 boys

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #704Derick273
More about 2004

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 7,271 of them was named Derick, which outranked 94.7% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derick
  1. #700Kane276
  2. #702Isai275
  3. #702Reynaldo275
  4. #704Derick273
  5. #705Braylon272
  6. #705Javion272
  7. #705Kasey272
Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004 →