Derek

Given to 239,969 US babies since 1924

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Rank in 2025
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recorded as girls
#284
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,191
boys 1,191
Peak year
1987
8,253 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
239,969
since 1924

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Any year from 1880 to 2025.

Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025

Recorded as girls Recorded as boys
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Derek was most popular in 1987, when 8,253 babies recorded as boys got the name (4.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,191 babies were named Derek, ranking #284 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1987 Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025Derek was most popular in 1987, when 8,253 babies recorded as boys got the name (4.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,191 babies were named Derek, ranking #284 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.01.252.53.7551880192019602000Peak 1987

Derek was most popular in 1987, when 8,253 babies recorded as boys got the name (4.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,191 babies were named Derek, ranking #284 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.

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YearGirlsRankBoysRank
2025 <5 — 1,191 284
2024 <5 — 1,357 258
2023 <5 — 1,240 273
2022 <5 — 1,156 297
2021 <5 — 1,095 302
2020 <5 — 1,063 309
2019 <5 — 1,115 304
2018 <5 — 1,409 256
2017 <5 — 1,546 239
2016 <5 — 1,716 226
2015 <5 — 1,885 211
2014 <5 — 1,881 205
2013 <5 — 1,875 205
2012 <5 — 2,116 182
2011 5 16764 2,142 181
2010 6 14959 2,293 170
2009 <5 — 2,309 168
2008 <5 — 2,488 159
2007 <5 — 2,854 142
2006 <5 — 2,647 159
2005 10 10128 2,420 172
2004 5 16099 2,545 157
2003 7 12408 2,754 149
2002 <5 — 2,787 139
2001 6 13521 3,007 132
2000 8 10745 3,214 121
1999 <5 — 3,190 113
1998 10 8584 3,410 110
1997 9 9017 3,672 106
1996 11 7574 3,920 101
1995 13 6641 4,452 83
1994 15 5984 5,081 77
1993 11 7498 5,762 67
1992 17 5484 6,293 62
1991 18 5181 6,893 59
1990 18 5060 8,083 54
1989 37 2931 8,365 54
1988 55 2093 8,073 53
1987 57 1962 8,253 54
1986 35 2724 6,900 57
1985 41 2398 6,661 56
1984 41 2340 6,972 52
1983 51 1993 6,986 51
1982 44 2250 6,992 50
1981 42 2342 6,481 53
1980 55 1936 7,240 50
1979 26 3147 4,200 72
1978 21 3512 3,800 75
1977 22 3366 3,441 84
1976 19 3540 3,168 84
1975 15 4141 3,186 83
1974 21 3212 3,636 74
1973 20 3233 3,919 69
1972 17 3543 4,146 67
1971 26 2736 4,667 63
1970 15 3872 4,147 77
1969 12 4198 2,925 109
1968 12 4000 2,460 122
1967 9 4625 2,447 123
1966 6 5809 2,111 141
1965 8 4831 1,801 167
1964 6 6009 1,589 172
1963 8 4896 1,636 177
1962 7 5293 1,600 188
1961 <5 — 1,405 205
1960 <5 — 1,047 247
1959 7 5031 984 254
1958 <5 — 917 256
1957 <5 — 677 283
1956 5 5952 614 299
1955 <5 — 501 330
1954 <5 — 393 363
1953 <5 — 338 373
1952 <5 — 341 364
1951 <5 — 278 408
1950 <5 — 202 471
1949 <5 — 113 641
1948 <5 — 63 862
1947 <5 — 61 889
1946 <5 — 47 980
1945 <5 — 41 995
1944 <5 — 46 949
1943 <5 — 81 714
1942 <5 — 32 1228
1941 <5 — 18 1633
1940 <5 — 31 1208
1939 <5 — 23 1390
1938 <5 — 20 1521
1937 <5 — 9 2479
1936 <5 — 30 1205
1935 <5 — 11 2246
1934 <5 — 10 2393
1933 <5 — 11 2214
1932 <5 — 12 2191
1931 <5 — 16 1843
1930 <5 — 13 2178
1929 <5 — 6 3559
1928 <5 — <5 —
1927 <5 — <5 —
1926 <5 — <5 —
1925 <5 — <5 —
1924 <5 — 6 3867

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Other spellings

Dereck · 8,296 Derik · 5,508 Derrek · 3,047 Derrik · 2,142 Derreck · 1,374 Deryk · 759 Derk · 506 Dereke · 207

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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.

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Where Derek is most popular

Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.

Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years