Dedrick — #5255 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dedrick

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,442 babies named Dedrick between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dedrick currently holds the #5255 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dedrick performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,071 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dedrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 629 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Dedrick in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dedrick 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 4,442 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.