Derika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Derika

The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Derika between 1971 and 2011, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Derika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Derika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Derika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derika 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 440 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.