Derrick
#241 most common boys' name of all time · #521 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among boys
#241
Rank overall
#521 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
146,344
Since 2016
4,926
Peak year
1980 #74
Best rank
#74 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 4,171/yr
Derrick first appears in 1917. 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 | — | 288 | 288 | #852 |
| 2024 | — | 308 | 308 | #814 |
| 2023 | — | 344 | 344 | #758 |
| 2022 | — | 370 | 370 | #714 |
| 2021 | — | 458 | 458 | #608 |
| 2020 | — | 518 | 518 | #549 |
| 2019 | — | 580 | 580 | #495 |
| 2018 | — | 610 | 610 | #482 |
| 2017 | — | 702 | 702 | #442 |
| 2016 | — | 748 | 748 | #421 |
| 2015 | — | 835 | 835 | #384 |
| 2014 | — | 914 | 914 | #353 |
| 2013 | — | 981 | 981 | #330 |
| 2012 | — | 1,053 | 1,053 | #313 |
| 2011 | — | 1,098 | 1,098 | #301 |
| 2010 | — | 1,038 | 1,038 | #307 |
| 2009 | — | 1,115 | 1,115 | #296 |
| 2008 | — | 1,197 | 1,197 | #285 |
| 2007 | — | 1,295 | 1,295 | #267 |
| 2006 | — | 1,362 | 1,362 | #254 |
| 2005 | 7 | 1,372 | 1,379 | #245 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1,324 | 1,330 | #248 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,378 | 1,385 | #244 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1,437 | 1,442 | #236 |
| 2001 | — | 1,455 | 1,455 | #233 |
| 2000 | — | 1,596 | 1,596 | #218 |
| 1999 | 5 | 1,614 | 1,619 | #213 |
| 1998 | — | 1,756 | 1,756 | #194 |
| 1997 | — | 1,784 | 1,784 | #188 |
| 1996 | — | 1,995 | 1,995 | #169 |
| 1995 | 9 | 2,190 | 2,199 | #159 |
| 1994 | 7 | 2,575 | 2,582 | #136 |
| 1993 | 18 | 2,704 | 2,722 | #129 |
| 1992 | 7 | 2,914 | 2,921 | #120 |
| 1991 | 9 | 3,096 | 3,105 | #111 |
| 1990 | 13 | 3,363 | 3,376 | #106 |
| 1989 | 15 | 3,442 | 3,457 | #99 |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,304 | 3,330 | #97 |
| 1987 | 34 | 3,534 | 3,568 | #86 |
| 1986 | 39 | 3,326 | 3,365 | #87 |
| 1985 | 42 | 3,779 | 3,821 | #83 |
| 1984 | 33 | 3,661 | 3,694 | #79 |
| 1983 | 33 | 3,656 | 3,689 | #78 |
| 1982 | 34 | 3,655 | 3,689 | #78 |
| 1981 | 34 | 3,850 | 3,884 | #78 |
| 1980 | 36 | 4,135 | 4,171 | #74 |
| 1979 | 37 | 3,729 | 3,766 | #80 |
| 1978 | 40 | 3,786 | 3,826 | #76 |
| 1977 | 40 | 3,481 | 3,521 | #80 |
| 1976 | 30 | 2,921 | 2,951 | #91 |
| 1975 | 42 | 2,815 | 2,857 | #90 |
| 1974 | 42 | 2,958 | 3,000 | #87 |
| 1973 | 28 | 3,054 | 3,082 | #87 |
| 1972 | 34 | 3,088 | 3,122 | #91 |
| 1971 | 25 | 3,582 | 3,607 | #84 |
| 1970 | 34 | 3,446 | 3,480 | #96 |
| 1969 | 31 | 2,936 | 2,967 | #107 |
| 1968 | 23 | 2,595 | 2,618 | #116 |
| 1967 | 25 | 2,504 | 2,529 | #120 |
| 1966 | 29 | 2,438 | 2,467 | #127 |
| 1965 | 12 | 2,422 | 2,434 | #129 |
| 1964 | 15 | 2,091 | 2,106 | #156 |
| 1963 | 19 | 1,948 | 1,967 | #164 |
| 1962 | 15 | 1,579 | 1,594 | #191 |
| 1961 | 12 | 1,499 | 1,511 | #198 |
| 1960 | 9 | 1,180 | 1,189 | #236 |
| 1959 | 8 | 1,179 | 1,187 | #231 |
| 1958 | 10 | 1,028 | 1,038 | #244 |
| 1957 | 6 | 945 | 951 | #249 |
| 1956 | 7 | 809 | 816 | #254 |
| 1955 | — | 655 | 655 | #279 |
| 1954 | 5 | 507 | 512 | #320 |
| 1953 | — | 359 | 359 | #362 |
| 1952 | — | 302 | 302 | #397 |
| 1951 | — | 218 | 218 | #460 |
| 1950 | — | 171 | 171 | #513 |
| 1949 | — | 83 | 83 | #760 |
| 1948 | — | 65 | 65 | #851 |
| 1947 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,079 |
| 1946 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,489 |
| 1944 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 1941 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,815 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,835 |
| 1938 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,813 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,456 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,467 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,222 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,008 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,153 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,360 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,862 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,034 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,097 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,446 |