Deric — #7829 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Deric

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,733 babies named Deric between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deric currently holds the #7829 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deric performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,028 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Deric shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 458 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Deric in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deric 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 4,733 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.