Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dedric

#3,258 most common boys' name of all time · #7,900 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among boys
#3,258
Rank overall
#7,900 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,883
Since 2016
84
Peak year
1977 #827
Best rank
#821 1971
Girls Boys peak 107/yr
198020002020

Dedric first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,063
2024 — 5 5 #12,633
2023 — 7 7 #9,936
2021 — 5 5 #12,459
2020 — 8 8 #8,890
2019 — 13 13 #6,496
2018 — 12 12 #6,803
2017 — 12 12 #6,796
2016 — 14 14 #6,132
2015 — 10 10 #7,632
2014 — 14 14 #6,070
2013 — 20 20 #4,678
2012 — 10 10 #7,692
2011 — 13 13 #6,338
2010 — 13 13 #6,444
2009 — 15 15 #5,871
2008 — 17 17 #5,298
2007 — 13 13 #6,365
2006 — 28 28 #3,629
2005 — 18 18 #4,683
2004 — 27 27 #3,485
2003 — 19 19 #4,323
2002 — 32 32 #2,908
2001 — 24 24 #3,549
2000 — 38 38 #2,499
1999 — 33 33 #2,636
1998 — 43 43 #2,140
1997 — 38 38 #2,248
1996 — 47 47 #1,920
1995 — 36 36 #2,231
1994 — 28 28 #2,653
1993 — 28 28 #2,609
1992 — 34 34 #2,240
1991 — 32 32 #2,267
1990 — 24 24 #2,745
1989 — 22 22 #2,846
1988 — 17 17 #3,146
1987 — 17 17 #3,010
1986 — 14 14 #3,362
1985 — 13 13 #3,521
1984 — 33 33 #1,752
1983 — 13 13 #3,340
1982 — 22 22 #2,318
1981 — 22 22 #2,319
1980 — 40 40 #1,542
1979 — 70 70 #1,066
1978 — 86 86 #936
1977 — 107 107 #827
1976 — 95 95 #859
1975 6 87 93 #890
1974 — 80 80 #912
1973 7 63 70 #1,022
1972 — 68 68 #987
1971 — 97 97 #821
1970 7 72 79 #950
1969 — 59 59 #1,007
1968 — 10 10 #2,893
1965 — 5 5 #4,341
1962 — 5 5 #4,550
1961 — 8 8 #3,348