Boys' name · since 1945
Derick
Derick has 19,771 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #844 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,480 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,771
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
19,771 babies have been named Derick since 1945, making it today's #1480 boys' name.
Derick has 19,771 recorded births among boys since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1480 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #844 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,480 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 19,771 born since 1945
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derick ranks #844 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,480 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 19,771 born since 1945, peaking in the 1980s.
- #844 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,480 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,771
- born since 1945
- 1980s
- peak decade
Derick's 19,771 recorded births place it above 98.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Derick compares
19,771 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Derick's all-time total is 54x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Derick | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,771 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 571 | 34 | 22,252 |
Derick's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Derick's full recorded timeline at 1986, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 571 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Derick popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 571
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Derick popularity over time - girls
39 total births recorded since 1974 (Derick as girls' name)
Derick by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (4,957 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Derick's strongest decade.
4,957 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Derick births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 369
1950s
369 births
- 1960s 1,621
1960s
1,621 births
- 1970s
1970s
3,256 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,957 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,864 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,922 births
- 2010s 1,960
2010s
1,960 births
- 2020s 793
2020s
793 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 4,957 births (25% of all-time use).
How Derick 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 Derick's total volume
Derick by state
Where Derick concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,150 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,661 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,436 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,048 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 712 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 634 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 604 | 3.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 602 | 3.0% |
2,150 of 19,771 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Derick appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Derick's data
- Derick's decade-level peak was the 1980s (4,957 total births); usage has since declined to 793 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dericks (2,150 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Derick: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Derick 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.