Boys' name · peaked in 1980
Derick name popularity since 1925
19,810 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Derick. Half of them were born in 1989 or earlier, so the typical Derick is about 37 years old in 2026. Derick peaked in 1980 as the #338 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,810
- Named Derick, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,478 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 39 girls · 19,771 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 1.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Derick made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Derick births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Derick peaked in 1980.
- Fastest rise: Between 1962 and 1967, Derick became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 17,100 baby boys to 1 in 7,750.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby boys fell by 37%, from 1 in 7,110 to 1 in 11,300.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Derick's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Derick.
Decade by decade
Babies named Derick in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 29 | #2,811 |
| 1950s | 0 | 369 | #1,317 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,621 | #573 |
| 1970s | 11 | 3,256 | #487 |
| 1980s | 28 | 4,957 | #401 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,864 | #559 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,922 | #703 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,960 | #1,052 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 793 | #1,478 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
37.0% of babies named Derick from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Derick is most popular
The index compares Derick's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Derick.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1.78× | 526 |
| Florida | 1.76× | 1,048 |
| Georgia | 1.56× | 712 |
| Tennessee | 1.45× | 504 |
| Alabama | 1.41× | 413 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Derick and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Derick (this page) | 19,771 | 1980 |
| Derrick | 145,336 | 1980 |
| Dereck | 8,296 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Derick's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Derick.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Derick (1980).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data