Darick
Darick was last recorded in 2020, when 8 babies were given it; 1,257 Americans have been recorded with it between 1957 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,160 Americans named Darick and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 30 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Darick by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Darick mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Darick is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Darick?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,913, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
47 babies in 1978, the peak
Darick peaked in 1978, when 47 boys were given it, #1,332 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | #8,913 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 8 | #9,070 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,069 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,769 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,027 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,029 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,700 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,033 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,852 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,906 | 3.6 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | #9,166 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,362 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,484 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,844 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,934 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,667 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,544 | 12.7 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,465 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,722 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,939 | 10.2 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,011 | 9.4 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,237 | 8.4 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,995 | 13.3 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,702 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,115 | 11.6 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,563 | 15.0 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,878 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,127 | 10.5 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,128 | 9.9 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,796 | 11.2 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,995 | 18.0 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,449 | 12.5 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,867 | 18.2 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,235 | 13.6 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,244 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,051 | 14.4 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,102 | 13.9 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,862 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,821 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,477 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,722 | 19.2 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,332 | 28.6 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,678 | 19.5 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,836 | 17.2 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,755 | 17.9 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,441 | 22.9 |
| 1973 | 34 | #1,469 | 21.8 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,691 | 16.7 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,833 | 13.6 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,753 | 13.5 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,502 | 16.2 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,402 | 17.8 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,517 | 14.9 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,514 | 14.6 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,490 | 14.5 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,230 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,443 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,409 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,262 | 6.6 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,410 | 3.3 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,687 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,075 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,680 | 4.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Darick a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Darick has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 63 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Darick: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Darick, and how old are they?
1,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 1,257 Americans ever recorded as Darick. The median Darick alive today is 43 years old; half are between 30 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 994 people named Darick (7 women and girls, 987 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,178 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 61 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 438 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 381 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 217 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 60 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 12,382 babies since 1880, Darick is the third most given (10% of them). In 2025 none of their 42 babies recorded by SSA was a Darick (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Darick
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Darick and names like it
- Compare Darick and DarrickBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDarick peaked in 1978.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Darick since 1910.
- The top names of 1978The year the most babies were named Darick.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Darick alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.