Derrek

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1989 · 128 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,047
since 1950

Derrek over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Derrek has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #891, 1989boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#9,8947
2023#7,73810
2022#10,8636
2021#7,08911
2020#5,23517
2019#6,40613
2018#6,70312
2017#6,68512
2016#4,19924
2015#4,89019
2014#4,13824
2013#4,18023
2012#4,53321
2011#3,79227
2010#3,70828
2009#3,39932
2008#2,87941
2007#3,02538
2006#2,57846
2005#2,46746
2004#2,34448
2003#2,42843
2002#2,29545
2001#2,24945
2000#2,73633
1999#2,19942
1998#1,74158
1997#1,69358
1996#1,37577
1995#1,43069
1994#1,34575
1993#1,15594
1992#1,17789
1991#999115
1990#960118
1989#891128
1988#929106
1987#892111
1986#1,04180
1985#98486
1984#1,19059
1983#1,17859
1982#1,02378
1981#1,11167
1980#1,09868
1979#1,22156
1978#1,28649
1977#1,31247
1976#1,42739
1975#1,53034
1974#1,47135
1973#1,51432
1972#1,09855
1971#1,19947
1970#1,39636
1969#1,46330
1968#1,13144
1967#1,54025
1966#1,51026
1965#1,29435
1964#1,90018
1963#1,79220
1962#2,03516
1961#1,63524
1960#2,42312
1959#3,2907
1958#2,26513
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1956#2,49711
1955#2,9648
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1950#3,0217
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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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedWIMichigan: #693 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,572 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedIAIndiana: #439 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,660 boysINOhio: #681 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,017 boysOHPennsylvania: #589 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 10,176 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,215 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 24,423 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMOKentucky: #341 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,076 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedALGeorgia: #607 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,066 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Derrek, so not publishedHITexas: #971 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 16,456 boysTXFlorida: #777 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,165 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#341 · 1 in 4,076
  2. Indiana#439 · 1 in 5,660
  3. Pennsylvania#589 · 1 in 10,176
  4. Georgia#607 · 1 in 7,066
  5. Ohio#681 · 1 in 13,017

Best ever in a state: #154 in North Dakota, 1985.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#34161 in 4,076
Indiana#43971 in 5,660
Pennsylvania#58981 in 10,176
Georgia#60771 in 7,066
Ohio#68161 in 13,017
Michigan#69361 in 11,572
Florida#77781 in 11,165
Texas#97191 in 16,456
California#1,215111 in 24,423
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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 Derrek
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #12,008)
  • 6,773 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #12,008)
  • 7,118 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1985 (#1,190 → #984)
  • Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1992 (#999 → #1,177)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s54#2,265 (1958)#2,814
1960s250#1,131 (1968)#1,672
1970s430#1,098 (1972)#1,345
1980s842#891 (1989)#1,034
1990s795#960 (1990)#1,407
2000s417#2,249 (2001)#2,640
2010s203#3,708 (2010)#4,923
2020s56#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.

Derrek in 1989

boys
#891
128 births · 1 in 15,632 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #891Derrek128
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 15,632 of them was named Derrek, which outranked 90.3% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Derrek
  1. #886Donta129
  2. #886Timmy129
  3. #886Tyrel129
  4. #891Derrek128
  5. #891Dave128
  6. #891Derrell128
  7. #891Jermey128
  8. #898Jabari127
  9. #898Kegan127
  10. #898Kendell127

Tied with 6 names at #891; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →