Boys' name · since 1955
Dereke
Dereke has 207 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,742 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 207
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dereke is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 207 have been recorded since 1955.
Dereke has 207 recorded births among boys since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2000.
- #12,742 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 207 born since 1955
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dereke ranks #12,742 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1955, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,742 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 207
- born since 1955
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dereke's 207 recorded births place it above 71.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dereke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dereke's full recorded timeline at 1974, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dereke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2000
- Peak year (1972)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Dereke by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (68 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Dereke's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dereke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
68 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 68 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dereke's data
- Dereke's decade-level peak was the 1970s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Dereke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1955–2000 (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 Dereke 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.