Dekendrick — boys' name
197 babies named Dekendrick in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
197 boys have been named Dekendrick since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 197
- total births
- 1978–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Dekendrick was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dekendrick in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dekendrick
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Dekendrick between 1978 and 2019, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dekendrick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dekendrick performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dekendrick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dekendrick in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dekendrick 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 197 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.
Dekendrick at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dekendrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1978
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
197 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 14 births in a single year.
Dekendrick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 85 births that decade — 43% of Dekendrick's all-time total
Dekendrick decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dekendrick's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Dekendrick by state
Where Dekendrick concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 3.0% |
6 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.