# Derick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/derick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,810 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,771 / 39 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 99, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 6 | 7,936 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,144 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,822 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,430 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,084 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9,854 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,706 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 267 | 816 |
| 2012 | 227 | 913 |
| 2013 | 191 | 1,024 |
| 2014 | 190 | 1,050 |
| 2015 | 189 | 1,052 |
| 2016 | 168 | 1,145 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,133 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,182 |
| 2019 | 138 | 1,322 |
| 2020 | 140 | 1,296 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,558 |
| 2022 | 142 | 1,322 |
| 2023 | 153 | 1,258 |
| 2024 | 126 | 1,438 |
| 2025 | 120 | 1,478 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh

## People named Derick

- Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
- Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, British politician and government minister (1899–1981)
- Derick Martini, American screenwriter and director
- Derick Silva, Brazilian athletics competitor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.