Derrek
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 128 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,047since 1950
Derrek over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Derrek has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #2,879 | 41 |
| 2007 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #2,578 | 46 |
| 2005 | #2,467 | 46 |
| 2004 | #2,344 | 48 |
| 2003 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #2,249 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #2,199 | 42 |
| 1998 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | #1,693 | 58 |
| 1996 | #1,375 | 77 |
| 1995 | #1,430 | 69 |
| 1994 | #1,345 | 75 |
| 1993 | #1,155 | 94 |
| 1992 | #1,177 | 89 |
| 1991 | #999 | 115 |
| 1990 | #960 | 118 |
| 1989 | #891 | 128 |
| 1988 | #929 | 106 |
| 1987 | #892 | 111 |
| 1986 | #1,041 | 80 |
| 1985 | #984 | 86 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 59 |
| 1983 | #1,178 | 59 |
| 1982 | #1,023 | 78 |
| 1981 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #1,098 | 68 |
| 1979 | #1,221 | 56 |
| 1978 | #1,286 | 49 |
| 1977 | #1,312 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,427 | 39 |
| 1975 | #1,530 | 34 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,098 | 55 |
| 1971 | #1,199 | 47 |
| 1970 | #1,396 | 36 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,131 | 44 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
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| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
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| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Derrek! It came in at #3,021, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1954, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Derrek is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Derrek in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 6,773 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1985
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1989 at #891 (128 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1987–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,632
- Highest: 1 in 15,632 boys born in 1989 were named Derrek (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 27.6% of all boys named Derrek (842) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 54 | #2,265 (1958) | #2,814 |
| 1960s | 250 | #1,131 (1968) | #1,672 |
| 1970s | 430 | #1,098 (1972) | #1,345 |
| 1980s | 842 | #891 (1989) | #1,034 |
| 1990s | 795 | #960 (1990) | #1,407 |
| 2000s | 417 | #2,249 (2001) | #2,640 |
| 2010s | 203 | #3,708 (2010) | #4,923 |
| 2020s | 56 | #5,235 (2020) | #8,805 |
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.
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