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Derick

boy name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

variant of Derek/Theodoric, "ruler of the people"

The story

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Derick'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

DerickEnglish · variantDerekEnglish

More branches

DerrickEnglish · variantDereckEnglish · variant

How popular is Derick around the world?

In the United States, 793 babies were named Derick between 2020 and 2025. At the 2022 census, 21,855 people in Brazil were named Derick, ranked 1,006th, with a median age of 7.

Derick is on the official records of the United States, Brazil, Montevideo, Mexico City, Chile, Canada, Austria, England and Wales, Argentina and Spain.

United States

1 in 27,000

In the United States, 793 babies were named Derick between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Derick peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Derick has stayed between 369 and 4,985 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Brazil

1 in 9,300

At the 2022 census, 21,855 people in Brazil were named Derick, ranked 1,006th, with a median age of 7.
Among people named Derick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1970speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 7,075 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Montevideo City

1 in 25,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 1 boy named Derick was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Mexico City City

1 in 29,000

In Mexico City, there were 4 registrations of Derick in 2022.

2000peak 20062022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 30,000

In Chile, 6 boys were registered as Derick in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Canada

1 in 52,000

In Canada, 7 boys named Derick were born in 2024, ranked 2,550th among boys that year.

peak 19942024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Derick was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

1 in 84,000

In England and Wales, 7 boys named Derick were born in 2025, ranked 2,952nd among boys that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Argentina

1 in 95,000

In Argentina, 7 newborns were given the name Derick in 2024.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 690,000

In Spain, 65 residents are named Derick, ranked 11,665th among men, with a mean age of 17.1 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Derick is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

peak 19772025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2022

Derick is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 739 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20082025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 1988

Derick is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 1995

Derick is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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How the spellings raced

Across these spellings, Derek led in the group’s busiest decade, the 1980s. So far in the 2020s, Derek leads.

How the spellings racedUS births by decade for Derek, Derrick, Dereck, DerickDerek: 0, 0, 0, 12, 155, 533, 5257, 19089, 38512, 73381, 50878, 27061, 17989, 7102Derrick: 0, 0, 11, 12, 57, 333, 6209, 21382, 33212, 36668, 24059, 13556, 8559, 2286Dereck: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 196, 539, 779, 1551, 1146, 1165, 1361, 1554Derick: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29, 369, 1621, 3267, 4985, 3864, 2922, 1960, 7931890s2020s
Derek 7,102Derrick 2,286Dereck 1,554Derick 793

Decade totals from US Social Security birth registrations. Every line uses the same scale. The 2020s covers 2020–2025.

When you meet Derick

People given the name Derick in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1970 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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