Boys' name · since 1949
Dereck
Dereck has 8,296 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #688 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,296
- born since 1949
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dereck currently ranks #688 among boys' names in America, with 8,296 babies recorded since 1949.
Dereck has 8,296 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #688 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #1,341 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #688 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,296 born since 1949
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dereck ranks #1,341 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #688 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,296 born since 1949, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,341 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #688 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,296
- born since 1949
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dereck's 8,296 recorded births place it above 97.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dereck compares
8,296 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dereck's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dereck | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,296 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 413 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dereck's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dereck's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 413, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dereck popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 413
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Dereck by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,554 births, 19% of the file).
2020s was Dereck's strongest decade.
1,554 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Dereck births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 196
1950s
196 births
- 1960s 539
1960s
539 births
- 1970s
1970s
779 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,551 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,146 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,165 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,361 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,554 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,554 births (19% of all-time use).
How Dereck compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dereck's total volume
Dereck by state
Where Dereck concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 991 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 905 | 10.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 667 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 422 | 5.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 192 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 138 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 136 | 1.6% |
991 of 8,296 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Dereck appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Derecks (991 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~76 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dereck draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.