Derrick
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #13,010
- #850 for boys in 2025, 288 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 4,135 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 145,347since 1917
Derrick over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #850 | 288 | |
| 2024 | — | #813 | 308 | |
| 2023 | — | #757 | 344 | |
| 2022 | — | #713 | 370 | |
| 2021 | — | #606 | 458 | |
| 2020 | — | #549 | 518 | |
| 2019 | — | #494 | 580 | |
| 2018 | — | #479 | 610 | |
| 2017 | — | #442 | 702 | |
| 2016 | — | #421 | 748 | |
| 2015 | — | #384 | 835 | |
| 2014 | — | #353 | 914 | |
| 2013 | — | #330 | 981 | |
| 2012 | — | #313 | 1,053 | |
| 2011 | — | #300 | 1,098 | |
| 2010 | — | #307 | 1,038 | |
| 2009 | — | #296 | 1,115 | |
| 2008 | — | #285 | 1,197 | |
| 2007 | — | #267 | 1,295 | |
| 2006 | — | #254 | 1,362 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #245 | 1,372 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #248 | 1,324 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #243 | 1,378 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #236 | 1,437 |
| 2001 | — | #232 | 1,455 | |
| 2000 | — | #218 | 1,596 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #213 | 1,614 |
| 1998 | — | #194 | 1,756 | |
| 1997 | — | #187 | 1,784 | |
| 1996 | — | #169 | 1,995 | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #159 | 2,190 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #136 | 2,575 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #129 | 2,704 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #120 | 2,914 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #111 | 3,096 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #106 | 3,363 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #99 | 3,442 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #97 | 3,304 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #86 | 3,534 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | #87 | 3,326 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 | #83 | 3,779 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 | #79 | 3,661 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #78 | 3,656 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | #78 | 3,655 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | #78 | 3,850 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | #74 | 4,135 |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #80 | 3,729 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #76 | 3,786 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | #80 | 3,481 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | #91 | 2,921 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | #90 | 2,815 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 | #87 | 2,958 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | #87 | 3,054 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | #91 | 3,088 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #84 | 3,582 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | #96 | 3,446 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | #107 | 2,936 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #116 | 2,595 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #119 | 2,504 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #127 | 2,438 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #129 | 2,422 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #156 | 2,091 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #164 | 1,948 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #191 | 1,579 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #198 | 1,499 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #236 | 1,180 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #231 | 1,179 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #244 | 1,028 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #249 | 945 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #253 | 809 |
| 1955 | — | #278 | 655 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #320 | 507 |
| 1953 | — | #360 | 359 | |
| 1952 | — | #397 | 302 | |
| 1951 | — | #459 | 218 | |
| 1950 | — | #512 | 171 | |
| 1949 | — | #754 | 83 | |
| 1948 | — | #846 | 65 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,400 | 23 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Derrick! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1927, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Derrick is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Louisiana#401 · 1 in 1,594
- Mississippi#415 · 1 in 1,548
- Maryland#437 · 1 in 2,082
- Alabama#484 · 1 in 2,152
- Arkansas#555 · 1 in 2,517
Best ever in a state: #17 in Mississippi, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 1,594 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Alabama | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Georgia | #566 | 18 | 1 in 2,790 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| North Carolina | #645 | 14 | 1 in 3,676 |
| Ohio | #676 | 13 | 1 in 4,041 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Florida | #681 | 23 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Tennessee | #719 | 9 | 1 in 4,085 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Texas | #892 | 28 | 1 in 6,252 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| New York | #994 | 12 | 1 in 7,035 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| California | #1,040 | 20 | 1 in 8,774 |
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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 Derrick
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 301 spots since 2020 (#549 → #850)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1950
- Biggest drop: 107 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1980 at #74 (4,135 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1970–1989
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1948–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 431
- Highest: 1 in 431 boys born in 1980 were named Derrick (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,931 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 25.0% of all boys named Derrick (36,342) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,855 |
| 1920s | 12 | #3,559 (1929) | #3,628 |
| 1930s | 57 | #1,741 (1938) | #3,192 |
| 1940s | 333 | #754 (1949) | #1,450 |
| 1950s | 6,173 | #231 (1959) | #330 |
| 1960s | 21,192 | #107 (1969) | #154 |
| 1970s | 32,860 | #76 (1978) | #86 |
| 1980s | 36,342 | #74 (1980) | #84 |
| 1990s | 23,991 | #106 (1990) | #152 |
| 2000s | 13,531 | #218 (2000) | #252 |
| 2010s | 8,559 | #300 (2011) | #382 |
| 2020s | 2,286 | #549 (2020) | #715 |
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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