NameTides

Dereck

Dereck was the #688 boys' name in the US in 2025 (396 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Dereck as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dereck as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Dereck as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#688 (396)———#2,527 (7)
2024#663 (413)———#2,062 (9)
2023#835 (291)———#1,810 (10)
2022#1,076 (203)#4,790 (3)——#1,350 (15)
2021#1,397 (131)———#2,491 (6)
2020#1,437 (120)———#1,520 (12)
2019#1,592 (104)———#798 (30)
2018#1,489 (116)———#885 (26)
2017#1,256 (145)———#1,308 (15)
2016#1,399 (125)———#669 (39)
2015#1,353 (129)———#634 (41)
2014#1,225 (149)———#610 (44)
2013#1,149 (157)———#456 (63)
2012#1,299 (133)———#574 (45)
2011#1,136 (159)———#550 (47)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #663.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dereck is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dereck by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #532ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #424NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #344NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #477TXFlorida: #621FL
Dereck (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236

Dereck (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DereckCanadaBoys#2,5277
DereckEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DereckIrelandBoys—too few
DereckScotlandBoys—too few
DereckUSBoys#688396