Derrick Boy
How popular is Derrick?
#850 boy name in 2025
288 baby boys were named Derrick in the US in 2025, making it the 850th most popular boy name.
Derrick popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #850 for boys (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 288 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #384 in 2015, #549 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (4,135 boys) |
| Highest rank | #74 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Derrick 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 Derrick is most popular
Babies named Derrick per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.8 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (96 boys)
Derrick by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #3,727 |
| 1920s | 12 | #3,557 |
| 1930s | 57 | #1,741 |
| 1940s | 333 | #753 |
| 1950s | 6,173 | #231 |
| 1960s | 21,192 | #107 |
| 1970s | 32,860 | #76 |
| 1980s | 36,342 | #74 |
| 1990s | 23,991 | #106 |
| 2000s | 13,531 | #218 |
| 2010s | 8,559 | #300 |
| 2020s | 2,286 | #549 |
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Questions
- Is Derrick a boy or girl name?
- Derrick is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Derrick were boys.
- How popular is the name Derrick?
- 288 baby boys were named Derrick in the US in 2025, making it the 850th most popular boy name.
- When was Derrick most popular?
- Derrick peaked in 1980, when 4,135 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #74 in 1980.
- How many people are named Derrick?
- 146,344 babies have been named Derrick in the US since 1880. We estimate about 134,850 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Derrick most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Derrick was most common in Mississippi, at 0.8 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.