NameTides

Derrick

Derrick was the #850 boys' name in the US in 2025 (288 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Derrick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Derrick 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Derrick 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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#850 (288)#2,014 (12)—#676 (4)#1,565 (14)
2024#813 (308)#2,089 (11)——#1,909 (10)
2023#757 (344)#1,701 (14)——#1,810 (10)
2022#713 (370)#2,321 (9)—#779 (3)#1,415 (14)
2021#606 (458)#2,493 (8)———
2020#549 (518)#2,228 (9)——#1,312 (15)
2019#494 (580)———#1,065 (20)
2018#479 (610)#2,445 (8)——#1,056 (20)
2017#442 (702)#3,449 (5)—#710 (3)#937 (24)
2016#421 (748)#2,556 (8)——#776 (32)
2015#384 (835)#1,902 (12)——#1,204 (16)
2014#353 (914)#2,690 (7)——#898 (25)
2013#330 (981)#2,660 (7)——#760 (31)
2012#313 (1,053)#4,805 (3)——#813 (28)
2011#300 (1,098)#2,892 (6)——#896 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #74.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 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 5,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Derrick is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Derrick by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: #805ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #892TXFlorida: #681FL
Derrick (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DerrickCanadaBoys#1,56514
DerrickEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
DerrickIrelandBoys#6764
DerrickNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DerrickScotlandBoys—too few
DerrickUSGirls—too few
DerrickUSBoys#850288