Girls' name · since 1971
Dereka
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 422 babies named Dereka, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 422
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dereka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 422 recorded since 1971.
Dereka has 422 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2018.
- #13,085 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 422 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dereka ranks #13,085 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 422 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 422
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dereka's 422 recorded births place it above 81.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dereka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dereka's full recorded timeline at 1996, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dereka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2018
- Peak year (1997)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Dereka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (162 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Dereka's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Dereka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
108 births
- 1990s
1990s
162 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 162 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Dereka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (162 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dereka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1971–2018 (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 Dereka 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.