Deryk — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deryk

The Social Security Administration has registered 759 babies named Deryk between 1959 and 2019, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deryk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deryk performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Deryk shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Deryk in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deryk 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 759 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.