Derek
#166 most common boys' name of all time · #340 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1924–2025
Rank among boys
#166
Rank overall
#340 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
239,969
Since 2016
12,888
Peak year
1989 #54
Best rank
#50 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 8,402/yr
Derek first appears in 1924. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,191 | 1,191 | #284 |
| 2024 | — | 1,357 | 1,357 | #258 |
| 2023 | — | 1,240 | 1,240 | #273 |
| 2022 | — | 1,156 | 1,156 | #297 |
| 2021 | — | 1,095 | 1,095 | #302 |
| 2020 | — | 1,063 | 1,063 | #309 |
| 2019 | — | 1,115 | 1,115 | #305 |
| 2018 | — | 1,409 | 1,409 | #256 |
| 2017 | — | 1,546 | 1,546 | #239 |
| 2016 | — | 1,716 | 1,716 | #226 |
| 2015 | — | 1,885 | 1,885 | #211 |
| 2014 | — | 1,881 | 1,881 | #205 |
| 2013 | — | 1,875 | 1,875 | #205 |
| 2012 | — | 2,116 | 2,116 | #182 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2,142 | 2,147 | #181 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,293 | 2,299 | #171 |
| 2009 | — | 2,309 | 2,309 | #168 |
| 2008 | — | 2,488 | 2,488 | #159 |
| 2007 | — | 2,854 | 2,854 | #142 |
| 2006 | — | 2,647 | 2,647 | #159 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2,420 | 2,430 | #172 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,545 | 2,550 | #157 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,754 | 2,761 | #149 |
| 2002 | — | 2,787 | 2,787 | #139 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3,007 | 3,013 | #132 |
| 2000 | 8 | 3,214 | 3,222 | #121 |
| 1999 | — | 3,190 | 3,190 | #114 |
| 1998 | 10 | 3,410 | 3,420 | #110 |
| 1997 | 9 | 3,672 | 3,681 | #106 |
| 1996 | 11 | 3,920 | 3,931 | #101 |
| 1995 | 13 | 4,452 | 4,465 | #83 |
| 1994 | 15 | 5,081 | 5,096 | #77 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,762 | 5,773 | #67 |
| 1992 | 17 | 6,293 | 6,310 | #62 |
| 1991 | 18 | 6,893 | 6,911 | #59 |
| 1990 | 18 | 8,083 | 8,101 | #54 |
| 1989 | 37 | 8,365 | 8,402 | #54 |
| 1988 | 55 | 8,073 | 8,128 | #53 |
| 1987 | 57 | 8,253 | 8,310 | #54 |
| 1986 | 35 | 6,900 | 6,935 | #57 |
| 1985 | 41 | 6,661 | 6,702 | #56 |
| 1984 | 41 | 6,972 | 7,013 | #52 |
| 1983 | 51 | 6,986 | 7,037 | #51 |
| 1982 | 44 | 6,992 | 7,036 | #50 |
| 1981 | 42 | 6,481 | 6,523 | #53 |
| 1980 | 55 | 7,240 | 7,295 | #50 |
| 1979 | 26 | 4,200 | 4,226 | #72 |
| 1978 | 21 | 3,800 | 3,821 | #75 |
| 1977 | 22 | 3,441 | 3,463 | #84 |
| 1976 | 19 | 3,168 | 3,187 | #84 |
| 1975 | 15 | 3,186 | 3,201 | #83 |
| 1974 | 21 | 3,636 | 3,657 | #74 |
| 1973 | 20 | 3,919 | 3,939 | #69 |
| 1972 | 17 | 4,146 | 4,163 | #67 |
| 1971 | 26 | 4,667 | 4,693 | #63 |
| 1970 | 15 | 4,147 | 4,162 | #77 |
| 1969 | 12 | 2,925 | 2,937 | #109 |
| 1968 | 12 | 2,460 | 2,472 | #122 |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,447 | 2,456 | #123 |
| 1966 | 6 | 2,111 | 2,117 | #141 |
| 1965 | 8 | 1,801 | 1,809 | #167 |
| 1964 | 6 | 1,589 | 1,595 | #172 |
| 1963 | 8 | 1,636 | 1,644 | #177 |
| 1962 | 7 | 1,600 | 1,607 | #188 |
| 1961 | — | 1,405 | 1,405 | #205 |
| 1960 | — | 1,047 | 1,047 | #247 |
| 1959 | 7 | 984 | 991 | #255 |
| 1958 | — | 917 | 917 | #257 |
| 1957 | — | 677 | 677 | #283 |
| 1956 | 5 | 614 | 619 | #299 |
| 1955 | — | 501 | 501 | #331 |
| 1954 | — | 393 | 393 | #363 |
| 1953 | — | 338 | 338 | #375 |
| 1952 | — | 341 | 341 | #365 |
| 1951 | — | 278 | 278 | #409 |
| 1950 | — | 202 | 202 | #472 |
| 1949 | — | 113 | 113 | #644 |
| 1948 | — | 63 | 63 | #867 |
| 1947 | — | 61 | 61 | #899 |
| 1946 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,002 |
| 1945 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,005 |
| 1944 | — | 46 | 46 | #963 |
| 1943 | — | 81 | 81 | #720 |
| 1942 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,243 |
| 1941 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1940 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,226 |
| 1939 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,677 |
| 1936 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,224 |
| 1935 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,391 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,559 |
| 1933 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,365 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,924 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,291 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,918 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,314 |