Deryck — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deryck

The Social Security Administration has registered 561 babies named Deryck between 1962 and 2019, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deryck currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deryck performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Deryck shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Deryck in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deryck 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 561 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.