Is Detrick a boy or girl name?

Detrick is a boy’s name. Of the 1,536 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys.

Detrick

Recorded 1963–2024 · United States

Detrick was most popular in 1976, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,430 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,536 people named Detrick.

Detrick over time

Births per year. The dot marks Detrick’s peak in 1976. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Detrick a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Detrick is a boy’s name — 1.6% of the 1,536 Americans given it were girls and 98.4% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Detrick

Where Detrick is most concentrated

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