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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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 2009

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedMINew York: #681 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 5,129 boysNYMassachusetts: #682 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,211 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedORNevada: #469 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,871 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: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #907 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,875 boysPANew Jersey: #644 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,957 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #613 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 5,152 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedUTColorado: #743 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,749 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: #524 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,513 boysVAMaryland: #578 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,108 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedDEArizona: #779 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,656 boysAZNew 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: #752 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,054 boysTNNorth Carolina: #897 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,691 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: #703 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,919 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Derick, so not publishedHITexas: #742 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 6,215 boysTXFlorida: #544 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,665 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#469 · 1 in 2,871
  2. Virginia#524 · 1 in 3,513
  3. Florida#544 · 1 in 3,665
  4. Maryland#578 · 1 in 4,108
  5. California#613 · 1 in 5,152

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#46951 in 2,871
Virginia#524121 in 3,513
Florida#544261 in 3,665
Maryland#57871 in 4,108
California#613471 in 5,152
New Jersey#64491 in 4,957
New York#681211 in 5,129
Massachusetts#68251 in 6,211
Georgia#703121 in 4,919
Texas#742301 in 6,215
Colorado#74351 in 5,749
Tennessee#75261 in 6,054
Arizona#77961 in 6,656
North Carolina#89771 in 7,691
Pennsylvania#90771 in 8,875
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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 2009

boys
#828
263 births · 1 in 7,542 boys

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #828Derick263
More about 2009

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,542 of them was named Derick, which outranked 94.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derick
  1. #825Harold266
  2. #825Talan266
  3. #827Ayaan265
  4. #828Derick263
  5. #828Alfred263
  6. #830Deon262
  7. #831Aedan261
  8. #831Carmelo261

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →