Derrick — #817 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Derrick

The Social Security Administration has registered 145,055 babies named Derrick between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derrick currently holds the #817 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 4,135 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derrick performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36,348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Derrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10,828 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Derrick in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derrick 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 145,055 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.