Dereck
Meaning
variant spelling of Derek, 'ruler of the people'
Dereck's name family
One shared root links 4 names in English.
Shared root: the English branch of Germanic Theodoric "ruler of the people", arriving from the Low Countries in the Middle Ages
The family
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dereck peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,188 people · the #7,368 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 166,667 · median age 8
Among people named Dereck living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 377 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
How the spellings raced
Across these spellings, Derek led in the group’s busiest decade, the 1980s. So far in the 2020s, Derek leads.
Decade totals from US Social Security birth registrations. Every line uses the same scale. The 2020s covers 2020–2025.
The Dereck deep dive
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