Derrick
Derrick is ranked 818th among boys in 2024 (305 births). Its best rank was 74th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- #818down 60 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3050.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19804,135 births
- Best rank
- #74in 1980
- Since 1917
- 145,055people given the name
The story in the numbers
145,055 boys have been named Derrick in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 4,135 births — 0.23% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 354 → 818).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 25%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 20 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Derrick | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 12 | |
| 1930s | 57 | |
| 1940s | 333 | |
| 1950s | 6,177 | |
| 1960s | 21,189 | |
| 1970s | 32,862 | |
| 1980s | 36,348 | |
| 1990s | 23,984 | |
| 2000s | 13,531 | |
| 2010s | 8,557 | |
| 2020s | 1,994 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Derrick was the 74th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1980 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Derrick
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Christopherpeak 1984
- Ericpeak 1970
- Darickpeak 1978
- Derricpeak 1981
- Christoperpeak 1985
- Bradleypeak 1980
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Dericpeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.