Dereck Boy
How popular is Dereck?
#688 boy name in 2025
396 baby boys were named Dereck in the US in 2025, making it the 688th most popular boy name.
Dereck popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #688 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 396 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+207% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,353 in 2015, #1,437 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (413 boys) |
| Highest rank | #663 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dereck counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Derek family of names ranked #235 for boys in 2025 (#219 the year before), with 1,592 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dereck is most popular
Babies named Dereck per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (92 boys)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (148 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.3 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (129 boys)
Dereck by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,689 |
| 1950s | 196 | #1,304 |
| 1960s | 539 | #893 |
| 1970s | 779 | #848 |
| 1980s | 1,551 | #669 |
| 1990s | 1,146 | #773 |
| 2000s | 1,165 | #1,118 |
| 2010s | 1,361 | #1,136 |
| 2020s | 1,554 | #663 |
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Questions
- Is Dereck a boy or girl name?
- Dereck is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dereck were boys.
- How popular is the name Dereck?
- 396 baby boys were named Dereck in the US in 2025, making it the 688th most popular boy name.
- When was Dereck most popular?
- Dereck peaked in 2024, when 413 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #663 in 2024.
- How many people are named Dereck?
- 8,296 babies have been named Dereck in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,928 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Dereck most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dereck was most common in Maryland, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.