Girls' name · since 1979
Derrika
168 babies named Derrika in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,599 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Derrika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 168 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Derrika recorded 168 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2010.
- #21,599 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derrika ranks #21,599 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,599 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Derrika's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derrika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Derrika's full recorded timeline at 1997, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Derrika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2010
- Peak year (1994)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Derrika by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (86 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Derrika's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Derrika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 86 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Derrika's data
- Derrika's decade-level peak was the 1990s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Derrika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1979–2010 (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 Derrika 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.