Dereck — #664 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dereck

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,900 babies named Dereck between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dereck currently holds the #664 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 412 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dereck performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,551 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dereck shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 950 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dereck in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dereck 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 7,900 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.