Derick Boy
How popular is Derick?
#1,477 boy name in 2025
120 baby boys were named Derick in the US in 2025, making it the 1477th most popular boy name.
Derick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,477 for boys (▼ 39 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 120 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,049 in 2015, #1,295 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1989 (571 boys) |
| Highest rank | #338 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Derick counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Derrick family of names ranked #596 for boys in 2025 (#578 the year before), with 446 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Derick is most popular
Babies named Derick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 boys)
Derick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 29 | #2,325 |
| 1950s | 369 | #842 |
| 1960s | 1,621 | #501 |
| 1970s | 3,256 | #359 |
| 1980s | 4,957 | #338 |
| 1990s | 3,864 | #411 |
| 2000s | 2,922 | #616 |
| 2010s | 1,960 | #816 |
| 2020s | 793 | #1,258 |
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Questions
- Is Derick a boy or girl name?
- Derick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Derick were boys.
- How popular is the name Derick?
- 120 baby boys were named Derick in the US in 2025, making it the 1477th most popular boy name.
- When was Derick most popular?
- Derick peaked in 1989, when 571 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #338 in 1980.
- How many people are named Derick?
- 19,810 babies have been named Derick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,693 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Derick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Derick was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.