Recorded 1917–2025 · United States
Derrick was most popular in 1980, when 4,171 American babies were given the name — ranking #149 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,741, with 288 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 146,344 people named Derrick.
Derrick first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 98 of the 109 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 146,344 American births named Derrick between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 134,430 are estimated to be alive today.
288 American babies were named Derrick in 2025, ranking #1,741 that year.
Derrick is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 354 births a year, against 976 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -64% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Derrick is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 146,344 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 134,430 Americans named Derrick are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 42 years old, and half are between 32 and 53.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Germanic · form of Derek, "ruler of the people"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org