How Many People Are Named Derrick?
people named Derrick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,548 people in the US has this name
Based on 146,344 babies named Derrick in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,171 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DEREK.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Derrick in English. Counting Derrick and these spellings together, about 377,012 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Derrick, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Derrick alive today is about 40 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Derrick first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1980, to 4,171 babies. In 2025, 288 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Derrick never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #74, in 1980, and it was in the top 100 for 20 years, 1970 to 1989. In 2025 it ranked #850.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #850 |
| Best rank | #74 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | 20 (1970 to 1989) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #85 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Derrick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Derrick were born in Texas than in any other state: about 10,179 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Derrick was given 2.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.7 times in Mississippi and 2.4 times in Louisiana.
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