Dederick — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dederick

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Dederick between 1979 and 1995, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dederick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dederick performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dederick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dederick in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.