Derrik — boys' name

What the Data Says About Derrik

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,142 babies named Derrik between 1954 and 2023, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Derrik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Derrik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 690 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Derrik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Derrik in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Derrik 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 2,142 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.